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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Pot and Cover

ca. 1953 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware pot and cover with white tin glaze and painted decoration in yellows and black. Shape 14.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Pot Body
  • Pot Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Pot and cover, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, ca. 1953.
Physical description
Earthenware pot and cover with white tin glaze and painted decoration in yellows and black. Shape 14.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G' amd a hand and 'SWEDEN 14-N-18' (Painted in blue)
  • A square (Painted in yellow)
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. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.135&A-1954

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
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