Not on display

Blue line

Saucer
1965 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Royal Copenhagen (manufacturer)
Meyer, Grethe (designer)
Place of origin
Copenhagen (manufactured)

Earthenware saucer of circular shape with painted decoration of a thin blue/grey line.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Saucer
TitleBlue line (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Painted
Brief description
Saucer of a coffe 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 saucer of circular shape with painted decoration of a thin blue/grey line.
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)
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
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.514A-1973

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Record createdSeptember 29, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168045/blue-line-saucer-meyer-grethe/
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