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Canute

Salt Pot
1934 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Royal Copenhagen (manufacturer)
Thorsson, Nils (designer)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (made)

Earthenware salt pot with painted decoration of flowers in brown, black and yellow.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Salt pot
Titles
  • Canute (series title)
  • Knud (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Painted
Brief description
Salt pot, part of a tableware range 'Knud' (Canute), earthenware with painted floral decoration, designed by Nils Thorsson, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1934.
Physical description
Earthenware salt pot with painted decoration of flowers in brown, black and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A', three wavy lines and 'DENMARK 4' (Printed in black)
  • '262 MP' (Painted in black)
Object history
Part of a tableware range 'Knud' (Canute), Circ.265 to C, 266-1939.
Subject depicted
Flowers
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 41 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.265C-1939

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167764/canute-salt-pot-thorsson-nils/
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