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Vase

1924 (designed), ca. 1931-1938 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase with ovoid body rising to waisted neck and spreading mouth, standing on low splayed foot, painted with two fish in overglaze red and gold, and plants in brown/black and with a grey crackled glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with overglaze decoration
Brief description
Vase, porcelain painted with overglaze decoration of fish and plants, shape designed by Thorkild Olsen, decorated by Nicolai Tidemand, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1931-1938.
Physical description
Porcelain vase with ovoid body rising to waisted neck and spreading mouth, standing on low splayed foot, painted with two fish in overglaze red and gold, and plants in brown/black and with a grey crackled glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 214mm
  • Diameter: 145mm
  • Weight: 1.2kg (nifill)
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK’ around a crown (Printed in green)
  • Three wavy lines (Painted in blue)
  • '196 2490 DX' (Painted in black)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 39 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.14-1939

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2008
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