Bottle
ca. 1950-1955 (designed), ca. 1957 (made)
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Earthenware bottle, shape MM, with glaze and cork stopper.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with coloured glaze and cork |
| Brief description | Earthenware bottle with black glaze and cork stopper, designed by Kaj Franck ca. 1950-1955, made by Arabia, Helsinki, ca. 1957. |
| Physical description | Earthenware bottle, shape MM, with glaze and cork stopper. |
| Marks and inscriptions | A crown and 'ARABIA MADE IN FINLAND' (Printed in white) |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | The 'Kilta' earthenware range was launched in 1952 by Kaj Franck and issued in a limited number of colours-white, black, green, blue and yellow. In the post-war austerity this earthenware range was intended to be a basic and inexpensive everyday ware. It was designed to be once-fired thereby keeping the production costs to a minimum. Kaj Franck's designs used basic geometric forms-squares, spheres, cones etc. He intended the small shapes to have more than one purpose and be anonymous enough so that they could be used not only with Kilta series but with other designs as well. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. pp 63-64, ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.41-1964 |
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| Record created | September 24, 2008 |
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