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Suomen Kukka

Plate
1941-1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Arabia Factory (maker)
Unknown
Richter, Reinhart (designer)
Place of origin
Helsinki (made)

Stoneware plate, shape AS, with printed decoration of flowers and flower sprigs in blue.


Object details

Categories
Stoneware
Ceramics
Object type
Plate
TitleSuomen Kukka (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with printed decoration
Stoneware
Printed
Brief description
'Suomen Kukka' (Finnflower) plate of stoneware with printed decoration of flowers and flower sprigs in blue, shape designed by Reinhart Richter, made by Arabia, Helsinki, in production 1941-1954.
Physical description
Stoneware plate, shape AS, with printed decoration of flowers and flower sprigs in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crown and 'ARABIA MADE IN FINLAND LASITTEEN SUOJAAMA KORISTE/DEKOREN SKYDDAD AV BLASYR DECOR PROTECTED BY GLAZE FINNFLOWER 7' (Printed in green)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Production
Shape designer is Reinhart Richter; in production 1941-1954
Subject depicted
Flowers (Plants)
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 62 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.51H-1988

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167289/suomen-kukka-plate-unknown/
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