Soft forms
Jug
1938 (designed (shape)), 1944 (designed (pattern)), ca. 1960 (made)
1938 (designed (shape)), 1944 (designed (pattern)), ca. 1960 (made)
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Earthenware jug with rounded sides, low foot rim, a spout and a handle, and with painted decoration of grey banding below the exterior rim. Model WB.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with printed decoration |
| Brief description | Jug, part of a tableware range 'Mjuka Formernas' (Soft forms), decoration Grå Rånder (Grey line), designed by Wilhelm Kåge, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1960. |
| Physical description | Earthenware jug with rounded sides, low foot rim, a spout and a handle, and with painted decoration of grey banding below the exterior rim. Model WB. |
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| Gallery label | Jug 'Mjuka Formernas (Soft forms), decoration Grå Rånder (Grey line)'
Designed by Wilhelm Kåge, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden shape designed 1938, pattern designed 1944
Marks:'Gusatavsberg' an anchor, 'Flintporslin Grå Rånder Sweden Gustavsberg 19' printed in green 'WB2' impressed
Earthenware, printed
Circ.42-1961 Given by the maker(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | Part of a tableware range 'Mjuka Formernas' (Soft forms), Circ.42 to 44-1961. |
| Production | shape designed in 1938, decoration designed in 1944 |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 109 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
| Other number | C.20899 - Previous number |
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| Accession number | CIRC.42-1961 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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