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Canute

Mustard Pot and Cover
1934 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware mustard pot and cover with painted decoration of flowers in brown, black and yellow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Mustard Pot Body
  • Mustard Pot Cover
Titles
  • Canute (series title)
  • Knud (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Mustard pot and cover, part of a tableware range 'Knud' (Canute), earthenware with painted floral decoration, designed by Nils Thorsson, made by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1934.
Physical description
Earthenware mustard pot and cover with painted decoration of flowers in brown, black and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A', three wavy lines and 'DENMARK 4' (Printed in black)
  • '262 MP' (Painted in black)
Object history
Part of a tableware range 'Knud' (Canute), Circ.265 to C, 266-1939.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 41 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.265&A-1939

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Record createdOctober 7, 2008
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