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Fire

Pot and Cover
1953 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Lindberg, Stig (designer)
Place of origin
Sweden (made)

Stoneware handled pot and cover with blue slip and colourless glazes.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Pot and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Pot Body
  • Pot Cover
Titles
  • Fire (manufacturer's title)
  • Gefyr (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with colour slip and clear glazes
Stoneware
Slip-Glaze
Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
Pot and cover 'Gefyr' (Fire), stoneware with blue slip and clear glazes, designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1953.
Physical description
Stoneware handled pot and cover with blue slip and colourless glazes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 22cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG' (Printed in black)
  • An anchor (Printed in black)
  • 'ELDFAST GEFYR 40 82' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 115 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.137&A-1954

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O168785/fire-pot-and-cover-lindberg-stig/
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