Paris
Jug
1985 (designed)
1985 (designed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Bone china cream jug with beak-type pouring lip and rounded handle topped with a flat thumb rest, model BA, with celadon glaze and a gold line.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Paris (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bone china with celadon glaze and a gold line |
| Brief description | 'Paris' bone china cream jug, part of a tableware range, with celadon glaze and a gold line, designed by Karin Björquist 1985, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden. |
| Physical description | Bone china cream jug with beak-type pouring lip and rounded handle topped with a flat thumb rest, model BA, with celadon glaze and a gold line. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'BONE CHINA MADE IN SWEDEN PARIS' and KARIN BJÖRQUIST' [in script within a lozenge] and 'GUSTAVSBERG' and an anchor (Printed in gold) |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | Part of a range C.189&A to F-1987 |
| Bibliographic reference | Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 123 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.189B-1987 |
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| Record created | October 2, 2008 |
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