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Terma

Coffee Pot and Cover
1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware coffee pot and cover with a semi-matt brown glaze.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot Body
  • Coffee Pot Cover
TitleTerma (series title)
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware
Brief description
Coffee pot and cover, 'Terma' series, glazed stoneware, designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1955.
Physical description
Stoneware coffee pot and cover with a semi-matt brown glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GUSTAVSBERG' and an anchor (Printed in brown)
  • 'SWEDEN... [indistinct] ELDFAST TERMA 10 49' (Printed in brown)
  • '12' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Production
In production 1955-1979.
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 116 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Other number
C.20896 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.40&A-1961

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
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