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Vase

ca. 1930 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware vase of cylindrical body with straight mouth and moulded ribbing and tapering to a splayed foot, covered with grey/blue shaded glaze. Shape D7; decoration no. 539.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with moulded ribbing
Brief description
Vase, earthenware with moulded ribbing, designed by Ewald Dahlskog, manufactured by Bo Fajans, Sweden, ca. 1930.
Physical description
Earthenware vase of cylindrical body with straight mouth and moulded ribbing and tapering to a splayed foot, covered with grey/blue shaded glaze. Shape D7; decoration no. 539.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BO/D,7' (Incised)
  • 'MADE IN SWEDEN' (Impressed)
  • '539' (Painted in grey/blue)
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 108 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.172-1986

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Record createdOctober 2, 2008
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