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Picknick

Cheese Board
1956 (designed), until 1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rörstrand (manufacturer)
Westman, Marianne (designer)
Place of origin
Stockholm (made)

Earthenware cheese dish with printed decoration of vegetables and herbs painted in various colours and glazed.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Cheese board
TitlePicknick (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with printed decoration, painted and glazed
Earthenware
Glaze
Printed
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
'Picknick' earthenware cheese dish, part of a range, with printed decoration of vegetables and herbs painted in various colours, and glazed, designed by Marianne Westman 1956, made by Rörstrand, Stockholm, in production until 1969.
Physical description
Earthenware cheese dish with printed decoration of vegetables and herbs painted in various colours and glazed.
Marks and inscriptions
'PICKNICK, a peapod, three crowns and 'RÖRSTRAND SWEDEN HANDPAINTED 106 ... ENWARE [obscured] (Printed in black)
Gallery label
Cheese board 'Picknick' Designed by Marianne Westman, made by Rörstrand, Finland 1956 Marks: 'Picknick', a peapod, three crowns and 'Rörstrand Sweden Handpainted 106 ...enware' (obscured) printed in black Earthenware, printed and painted Circ.24-1961 Given by the maker in production until 1969(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of range Circ.23, 24-1961
Production
In production until 1969
Subjects depicted
Vegetables
Herbs
Bibliographic references
  • Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 117 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
  • Liberty's, 1875-1975: an exhibition to mark the firm's centenary July-October 1975, London, V&A, 1975
  • Lindgren, Bo Gunnar (Ed.),Catalogue of an exhibition of three centuries of Swedish pottery: Rorstrand 1726-1959, and Marieberg 1758-1788., London, V&A Publications & Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1959
Other number
C.20920 - Previous number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.24-1961

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O163542/picknick-cheese-board-westman-marianne/
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