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Bell

Cup
1979 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Björquist, Karin (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

Stoneware cup, shape BV, with printed decoration in blue.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Cup
TitleBell (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with printed decoration
Stoneware
Printed
Brief description
'Bell' stoneware medium cup, part of a tableware range, with printed decoration in blue, designed by Karin Björquist 1979, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Physical description
Stoneware cup, shape BV, with printed decoration in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG', an anchor and 'OVEN. TABLE. DISHWASHER V D N S555 BELL SWEDEN DESIGN. KARIN BJÖRQUIST' (Printed in blue)
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG SWEDEN BV-8' [impressed]
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of a range C.140&A to M-1984
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Leaves
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 121 p., ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.140H-1984

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Record createdOctober 3, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168571/bell-cup-björquist-karin/
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