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Bowl

1945 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Rörstrand (manufacturer)
Nylund, Gunnar (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

Stoneware bowl with rounded sides and dark blue glaze.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneare
Stoneware
Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
Bowl, stoneware with dark blue glaze, designed by Gunnar Nylund, made by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1945.
Physical description
Stoneware bowl with rounded sides and dark blue glaze.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
'RÖRSTRAND R', three crowns and 'NYLUND' (Incised)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 111 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.54-1987

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Record createdOctober 3, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168608/bowl-nylund-gunnar/
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