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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Leaf

Dish
1940 (designed), 1952 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Lindberg, Stig (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (manufactured)

Earthenware dish of leaf-shaped with white tin glaze and painted decoration of stripes in blue and black.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Dish
Titles
  • Leaf (manufacturer's title)
  • Löv (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
Dish titled 'Löv' (Leaf), designed by Stig Lindberg, manufactured by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1940.
Physical description
Earthenware dish of leaf-shaped with white tin glaze and painted decoration of stripes in blue and black.
Dimensions
  • Length: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G' and a hand and 'SWEDEN 22' (Painted in underglaze blue)
  • 'V' (Painted in red)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 109 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.142-1986

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Record createdOctober 3, 2008
Record URL
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