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Argenta

Bowl
ca. 1938 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware bowl with shallow rounded sides, straight mouth rim and splayed foot; covered with green glaze and inlaid with small flowers in silver.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArgenta (series title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with inlaid decoration in silver
Brief description
Bowl, 'Argenta' series, stoneware with inlaid decoration in silver, designed by Wilhelm Kåge, manufactured by Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1938.
Physical description
Stoneware bowl with shallow rounded sides, straight mouth rim and splayed foot; covered with green glaze and inlaid with small flowers in silver.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG' , an anchor and 'ARGENTA 1094-111 MADE IN SWEDEN' (Printed in silver)
  • 'H' (Painted in silver)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 109 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.144-1977

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Record createdOctober 3, 2008
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