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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Heron service

Cup
ca. 1915 (manufactured), 1886-1888 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer, blue and white porcelain painted in gold, decorated with moulded herons and stylished trees design.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Titles
  • Heron service (manufacturer's title)
  • Hejrestellet (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with moulded decoration painted in underglaze blue and gilding
Brief description
Cup and saucer, part of a table service 'Hejrestellet' (Heron service), gilt painted blue and white porcelain with moulded decoration, part of a table service 'Hejrestellet' (Heron Service), designed by Pietro Krohn, the original modelled by Ludvig Brandstrup and C.O. Schjeltved, manufactured by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark, ca. 1915.
Physical description
Cup and saucer, blue and white porcelain painted in gold, decorated with moulded herons and stylished trees design.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Three towers (Printed in green)
  • 'B & G / KJØBENHAVN / DANMARK' (Printed in green)
  • 'B & G' (Printed in underglaze blue)
  • 'W.M.' (Painted in gold)
Object history
Part of a table service 'Hejrestellet' (Heron service) [C.236 to B-1986].
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 35 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.236&A&B-1986

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2008
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