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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Solbjerg

Vase
ca. 1934 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware vase with moulded vertical decoration, covered with matt green glaze outside and brown glaze inside. Shape 1584.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSolbjerg (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with moulded decoration and matt glaze
Brief description
Vase 'Solbjerg' series, earthenware with moulded vertical decoration and with matt glaze, designed by Nils Thorsson, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1934.
Physical description
Earthenware vase with moulded vertical decoration, covered with matt green glaze outside and brown glaze inside. Shape 1584.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A' with three wavy lines and 'DENMARK' (Printed in blue)
  • 'NT' in monogram and '1584' (Incised)
  • '1584' (Painted in blue)
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 41 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.280-1939

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2008
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