Fennia
Vase
1900-1902 (designed), 1902-1920 (manufactured)
1900-1902 (designed), 1902-1920 (manufactured)
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Cast white earthenware vase of six-sided bottle shape, printed and hand-painted with geometric plant-like forms in stylised panels in green and reddish brown.
Object details
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| Title | Fennia (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Cast earthenware with printed and hand-painted decoration |
| Brief description | 'Fennia' vase, cast earthenware with printed and painted decoration, made by the Arabia Factory, Finland, 1902-1920. |
| Physical description | Cast white earthenware vase of six-sided bottle shape, printed and hand-painted with geometric plant-like forms in stylised panels in green and reddish brown. |
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| Object history | The 'Fennia' range was the result of an order for decorative patterns designed by a "famous Finnish artist" placed in 1900 by an American importer. The artist has never been identified although there has been much unfounded speculation that he might have been one of the three most famous Finnish architects of the time, Armas. Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen or Herman Gesellius. In 1914 thirty designs in this range were in production; the range was discontinued in the early 1920s. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
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| Accession number | C.30-1990 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2003 |
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