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Sugar Pot and Lid

1924 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Lidköping (manufacturer)
Forseth, Einar (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (manufactured)

Porcelain sugar pot and lid with printed decoration of stars in red and gold.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Sugar pot and lid
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jar Body
  • Jar Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with printed decoration
Porcelain
Printed
Brief description
Sugar pot and lid, part of a coffee range, porcelain with printed decoration, designed by Einar Forseth, manufactured by Lidköping, Sweden, 1924.
Physical description
Porcelain sugar pot and lid with printed decoration of stars in red and gold.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ALP' within a shield surmounted by three stars and 'LIDKÖPING 24' (Printed in green)
  • 'DV' (Incised)
  • 'FO./N' (Painted in gold)
Object history
Part of a coffee range [C.1 to D-1988].
Subject depicted
Stars
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 107 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1B&C-1988

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Record createdOctober 2, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168385/sugar-pot-and-forseth-einar/
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