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Picnic

Mug
ca. 1982-1983 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain mug with printed decoration of spinnakers at sea in various colours. Shape 104/6228.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Mug
  • Box
TitlePicnic (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with printed decoration
Brief description
Mug, part of a tableware range 'Picnic', porcelain with printed decoration of spinnakers at sea, shape designed by Grethe Meyer, decoration designed by Ole Kortzau, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1982-1983.
Physical description
Porcelain mug with printed decoration of spinnakers at sea in various colours. Shape 104/6228.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8cm
  • Includes handle width: 11cm
  • Side without handle depth: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'OK' (Printed in decoration)
  • ‘ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK’ around a crown (Printed in green)
  • Three wavy lines and 'GM' in monogram (Printed in blue)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of a tableware range 'Picnic' [C.121 to 124-1986].
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 47 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.124&A-1986

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2008
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