Polaris
Plate
1953-1966 (made)
1953-1966 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Stoneware plate, shape B, with printed decoration of growing flowers and plants in greens.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Polaris (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with printed decoration |
| Brief description | Polaris stoneware plate with printed decoration of growing flowers and plants in greens, shape designed by Kaj Franck, decoration designed by Raija Uosikkinen, made by Arabia, Helsinki, in production 1953-1966. |
| Physical description | Stoneware plate, shape B, with printed decoration of growing flowers and plants in greens. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A crown and 'ARABIA MADE IN FINLAND POLARIS LASITEEN SUOJAAMA KORISTE DEKOREN SKYDDAD AV GLASYR DECOR PROTECTED BY GLAZE' (Printed in brown) |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Production | In production 1953-1966 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 64 p., ISBN 1851770712. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.51J-1988 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2008 |
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