Solbjerg
Tray
1934 (manufactured)
1934 (manufactured)
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Earthenware plate, circular in shape with moulded decoration on the interior, covered with matt brown glaze. Shape 1596E.
Object details
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| Title | Solbjerg (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with moulded decoration and matt glaze |
| Brief description | Tray, part of 'Solbjerg' series, earthenware with moulded decoration and matt brown glaze, designed by Nils Thorsson, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1934. |
| Physical description | Earthenware plate, circular in shape with moulded decoration on the interior, covered with matt brown glaze. Shape 1596E. |
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| Object history | The 'Solbjerg' series was put into production in 1934 and was extremely successful; at least part of it was still in production as late as 1961. These two examples [Circ.107 to 108-1937] were the first from the 'Solbjerg' series to be acquired by the Museum. |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 41 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.107-1937 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2008 |
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