Birthe
Serving Dish
ca. 1937 (designed)
ca. 1937 (designed)
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Earthenware serving dish, circular in shape and shallow, with flattened everted rim; decorated with printed flowers and leaves in yellow.
Object details
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| Title | Birthe (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with printed decoration |
| Brief description | Serving dish, part of a tableware range 'Birthe', earthenware with printed decoration of flowers and leaves in yellow, designed by Nils Thorsson, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1937. |
| Physical description | Earthenware serving dish, circular in shape and shallow, with flattened everted rim; decorated with printed flowers and leaves in yellow. |
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| Object history | Part of a tableware range 'Birthe' [Circ.263 to 264-1939]. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 42 p. ISBN 1851770712. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.264-1939 |
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| Record created | September 26, 2008 |
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