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Blue line

Coffee Cup
1965 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware coffee cup of rounded sides with a loop handle and painted decoration of a thin blue/grey line, shape 3042.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBlue line (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Coffee cup, part of a tableware range 'Blue Line', earthenware with painted decoration of a thin blue/grey line, designed by Grethe Meyer, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1965.
Physical description
Earthenware coffee cup of rounded sides with a loop handle and painted decoration of a thin blue/grey line, shape 3042.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ROYAL COPENHAGEN' around a crown (Printed in green/grey)
  • Three wavy lines (Printed in green/grey)
  • 'FAJANCE' (Printed in green/grey)
  • The designer's monogram (Printed in green/grey)
  • '3042' (Printed in green/grey)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of a tableware range 'Blue line' [Circ.508 to 519-1973].
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 45 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.513-1973

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Record createdSeptember 29, 2008
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