'Nobel' dinner plate of bone china, designed by Karin Björquist in 1991 for Gustavsberg, Sweden, c.1994.

Dinner plate, circular, covered in a clear glaze with a gilt band around the rim and a transfer-printed medallion or medal with a profile portrait of Nobel which bears the inscription 'ALFR. / NOBEL / NA / MDCCC / XXXIII / OB / MDCCC / XCVI'

Given by Hackman Rörstrand

Designed for the 90th Jubilee Nobel Prize Banquet at Stolkholm in 1991 abd subsequently manufactured for general retail sale. Several items are marked with a representation of a Nobel Prize medal. Several items of the service are multi-functional and the service was marketed in four groups of Spring (Physics; America), Summer (Chemistry; Africa), Autumn (Medicine; Asia) and Winter (Literature; Europe). The quaternary theme is supposedly completed with reference to the 'four basic geometric shapes'. The art historian Äke Livstedt and the designer Magnus Silverhjelm were responsible for this conceptualization which was commissioned to 'renew the ceremonial framework' of the banquet. Table linen was designed by Ingrid Dessau (Klässbols Linneväveri), cutlery and glassware by Gunnar Cyrén (Gense and Orrefors) and the ceramics by Björquist (Röstrand). New pieces were added to the service once in production.

The cover of this bowl is capable of being inverted and used as a plate with base or as an egg-cup. The crown form is said, in the promotional literature, to be symbolic of wealth, fecundity and intellect.

C.48-1994