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

Blue Rose

Plate
1944-1945
Artist/Maker

Stoneware plate, shape R, painted in underglaze blue with decoration of a rose and a two-handled vase.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBlue Rose (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware plate painted in underglaze
Brief description
'Blue Rose' plate of stoneware painted in underglaze blue with decoration of a rose and a two-handled vase, designed by Olga Osol, made by Arabia, Helsinki, in production 1944-1945.
Physical description
Stoneware plate, shape R, painted in underglaze blue with decoration of a rose and a two-handled vase.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A crown and 'ARABIA MADE IN FINLAND 9' (Printed in green)
  • '64' [(indistinct)] '949' [impressed]
Credit line
Given by the maker
Production
In production 1944-1945
Subjects 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.51L-1988

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2008
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