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Vase

1899 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Bing & Grøndahl (manufacturer)
Kofoed, Hans Peter (designer)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (manufactured)

Porcelain vase with moulded decoration, partly painted, of stylised forms and herons' heads


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with moulded decoration
Porcelain
Moulded
Painted
Brief description
Vase, Porcelain vase with moulded and painted decoration, designed by Hans Peter Kofoed, manufactured by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark, 1899.
Physical description
Porcelain vase with moulded decoration, partly painted, of stylised forms and herons' heads
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Three towers and 'B & G KJØBENHAVN DANISH CHINA WORKS' (Printed in green)
  • 'B&G' (Printed in underglaze blue)
  • 'E/8 70 (or 40?) KOFOED' (Painted in underglaze blue)
Subject depicted
Birds
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 36 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.92-1987

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167334/vase-kofoed-hans-peter/
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