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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Dish
1954 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware dish with printed decoration of scenes from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in red.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Midsummer Night's Dream (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with printed decoration
Brief description
Dish, earthenware with scenes from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' transfer-printed in red, designed by Bjørn Wiinblad, manufactured by Nymølle, Denmark, 1954.
Physical description
Earthenware dish with printed decoration of scenes from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in red.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A two-handled vase (Printed in red)
  • 'NYMØLLE DENMARK DECOR: BJØRN WIINBLAD 1777-534' (Printed in red)
  • 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM ACT II SCENE I OBERON, ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT, PROUD TITANIA. TITANIA: WHAT, JEALOUS OBERON: FAIRIES, SKIP HENCE: I HAVE FORSWORN HIS BED COMPANY. OBERON: TARRY, RASH WANTON: AM I NOT THY LORD? TITANIA: THEN I MUST BE THY LADY' (Printed in red)
Credit line
Given by Messrs A. A. Rafa Ltd
Literary referenceShakespear's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene I.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 43 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Other number
C.20874 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.135-1960

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Record createdSeptember 26, 2008
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