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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Elips

Plate
1956 (designed), 1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware plate, model LA, with painted decoration in brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleElips (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
'Elips' earthenware plate, part of a tableware range, with painted decoration in brown, designed by Stig Lindberg 1956, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1956.
Physical description
Earthenware plate, model LA, with painted decoration in brown.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'GUSTAVSBERG', an anchor and 'SWEDEN FLINTPORSLIN ELIPS BRUN 59. 27 59' (Printed in pink)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Part of range Circ.29 to 31-1961
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 117 p., ISBN 1851770712.
Other number
C.20880 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.29-1961

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
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