On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Solbjerg

Vase
ca. 1939 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Royal Copenhagen (manufacturer)
Thorsson, Nils (designer)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (manufactured)

Earthenware with moulded decoration and matt brown glaze. Shape 1683.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Vase
TitleSolbjerg (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with matt glaze and moulded decoration
Earthenware
Matt Glaze
Glazed
Moulded
Brief description
Vase 'Solbjerg series', earthenware with moulded decoration and matt brown glaze, designed by Nils Thorsson, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, about 1939.
Physical description
Earthenware with moulded decoration and matt brown glaze. Shape 1683.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A' (Printed in black)
  • Three wavy lines (Printed in black)
  • 'DENMARK' (Printed in black)
  • '1683' (Painted in black)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Vase 'Solbjerg series'
Designed by Nils Thorsson, made by Royal Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark about 1939
Marks: 'A', three wavy lines and 'Denmark' printed in black '1683' painted in black
Earthenware, moulded

Circ.282-1939
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 42 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.283-1939

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Record createdSeptember 26, 2008
Record URL
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