On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Valencia

Plate
ca. 1960 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Arabia Factory (maker)
Procopé, Ulla (designer)
Place of origin
Helsinki (made)

Earthenware standing plate with decoration in underglaze blue.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Plate
TitleValencia (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with decoration in underglaze
Earthenware
Glaze
Underglazed
Brief description
'Valencia' earthenware plate, part of a tableware range, with decoration in underglaze blue, designed by Ulla Procopé ca. 1960, made by Arabia, Helsinki.
Physical description
Earthenware standing plate with decoration in underglaze blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ARABIA FINLAND MS' [in monogram] (Painted in blue)
  • 'ARABIA FINLAND UP' [in monogram] (Painted in blue)
Object history
Part of a range Circ.458 to 460, 662-1969, C.234-1985
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 66 p., ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.460-1969

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Record createdSeptember 26, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167784/valencia-plate-procopé-ulla/
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