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

Soup Tureen and Cover

1954 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware soup tureen and cover with semi-matt black glaze on the outside.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tureen Body
  • Tureen Cover
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with semi-matt glaze
Brief description
Stoneware soup tureen and cover with semi-matt black glaze on the outside, designed by Marjukka Paasivirta 1954, made by Kupittaan Saviosaryhtiö, Finland.
Physical description
Stoneware soup tureen and cover with semi-matt black glaze on the outside.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.3cm
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. pp 64-65, ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.55&A-1964

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2008
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