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Ice Water Jug

1953 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware ice water jug with a loop handle, a spout and an aperture on the top, covered with red glaze.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed
Brief description
Ice Water Jug, earthenware with red glaze, designed by Ingrid Atterberg, made by Gefle, Sweden, 1953.
Physical description
Earthenware ice water jug with a loop handle, a spout and an aperture on the top, covered with red glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'UPSALA-EKEBY GEFLE', three smoking kilns and 'MADE IN SWEDEN' (Printed in white)
  • 'A22' (Incised)
Object history
The Gefle works were part of the Upsala-Ekeby combine by this date. The red glaze was named 'Carmol' by the factory.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 114 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.197-1954

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
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