Not currently on display at the V&A

Dish

ca. 1952 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gefle (manufacturer)
Percy, Arthur (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

Earthenware dish with blue and the dark brown/black semi-matt glazes. Shape FX


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed
Earthenware
Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
Dish, glazed earthenware, designed by Arthur Percy, made by Gefle, Sweden, ca. 1952.
Physical description
Earthenware dish with blue and the dark brown/black semi-matt glazes. Shape FX
Dimensions
  • Length: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'UPSALA-EKEBY GEFLE' (Printed in yellow)
  • Three smoking kilns (Printed in yellow)
  • 'MADE IN SWEDEN' (Printed in yellow)
Object history
The dish or plate shape FX was in production between 1952-1955. There were no other shapes to accompany it. The dark brown/black glaze was named ‘Mangania’.
Associated object
CIRC.195A-1954 (Set)
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 114 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.195-1954

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168774/dish-percy-arthur/
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