Picknick, covered dish

Picknick, covered dish
 designed (1956)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 21.6 × 24.8 × 18.1 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Lidköping, Stockholm, Sweden
Inscription
(a) painted in red and printed in black on base c. (peapod)
printed in black on base c. PiCKNiCK / (crown) (crown) / Rörstrand / (crown) / SWEDEN / HANDPAINTED / 114/ OVENWARE
Accession Number
2017.1119.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A tall, covered dish with vertical flaring sides, horizontal loop handles and an inset domed lid. The lid is glazed a maroon colour and the body is white-glazed and decorated with two rows of graphic-style carrots, outlined in black and alternating maroon and white.

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