261/1998

Collection

Ceramics

Brief description

Painted and glazed earthenware vase decorated with a pattern originally designed by Inge-Lise Koefoed in 1961 as part of the 'Tenara' range and bearing her mark and the mark of the painter, as well as form and pattern reference numbers, an impressed stamp reading ' FAJANCE' and the Royal Copenhagen date stamp which indicates that this vase was in fact made between 1992 and 1999.

Title

Fajance

Object name

vase
vase

Object number

261/1998

Production person

Inge-Lise Koefoed (designer)
Nils Thorsson (designer)

Production organisation

Royal Copenhagen (manufacturer)
Aluminia (manufacturer)

Production date

1961 (designed)
1992-1999 (manufactured)
c.1955 (designed)

Production place

Copenhagen (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

paint
glaze
earthenware

Technique

painted
glazed

Physical description

Vase, in painted/glazed earthenware. With large squat but flattened body, broadening around middle, then narrowing towards base. The neck of vase is tall and thin. It is decorated with slabs of aubergine coloured paint on white ground. On one side decorated with two uneven circular designs, each containing an abstracted eye with four sets of lashes. Circular designs are coloured in rusty brown, aubergine and white. On the other side of vase, are 11 red and white circles, in pairs except for the eleventh circle, and set in the form of an oval. On base of vase, inscription printed in aubergine '1148 [over] 655.' Followed by 'ROYAL COPENHAGEN' set in a circle with a crown in centre. Next to this is an 'L' shaped handpainted mark. Underneath the 'Royal Copenhagen' stamp are three wavy lines, then under these lines is 'FAJANCE' followed by the designers mark an I crossing and L (for Inge-Lise) with a dot. Impressed into base, and quite faint are the numbers '2940.'

Dimensions

Height: 28cm
Width: 20cm

Website keywords

Decoration and furnishings
ornaments

Label

Label text for the exhibition At Home with the World, Geffrye Museum (20 March 2012- 9 September 2012):

Vase
Painted and glazed earthenware
Pattern by Inge-Lise Koefoed, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark
Pattern designed 1961, this version made between 1992 and 1999

This vase was designed in 1961 and made for several years afterwards. The vase on display here was made much later, in the 1990s when the design was used again, showing an enduring demand for this type of mid-twentieth century object, even decades after it was first created.