On display
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Sinivalko

Plate
1936-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware plate, shape AR, with printed decoration of blue banding.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSinivalko (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with printed decoration
Brief description
'Sinivalko' (Blue ribbon) plate of stoneware with printed decoration of blue banding, designed by Kurt Ekholm, made by Arabia, Helsinki, in production 1936-1940.
Physical description
Stoneware plate, shape AR, with printed decoration of blue banding.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ARABIA', factory building and 'SUOMI FINLANDIA' (Printed in green)
  • 'II' [incised]
  • '53' [(indistinct) impressed]
Credit line
Given by the maker
Production
In production 1939-1940
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 62 p., ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.51G-1988

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2008
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