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Snowdrop

Plate
ca. 1897 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Wennerberg, Gunnar (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (manufactured)

Bone china plate with printed and enamelled decoration of snowdrop in green and white.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Bone China
Object type
Plate
Titles
  • Snowdrop (manufacturer's title)
  • Snödroppe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Bone china with printed and enamelled decoration
Bone China
Printed
Enamelled
Brief description
Plate 'Snödroppe' (Snowdrop), bone china with printed and enamelled decoration, designed by Gunnar Wennerberg, manufactured by Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1897.
Physical description
Bone china plate with printed and enamelled decoration of snowdrop in green and white.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GUSTAFSBERG' on a scroll across an anchor with 'GW' in monogram (Printed in green)
  • 'GUSTAFSBERG' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subject depicted
Flowers
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 105 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.137-1986

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Record createdOctober 1, 2008
Record URL
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