plate (food service)

A ceramic dish for hanging on the wall, Sweden. The dish shows a depiction of two female figures in folk costume of blue dresses and yellow aprons. The word ‘SVERIGE’ is below. The reverse has inscriptions: ‘Svenska Landskapsdräkter’ and ‘Swedish National Costumes’. The plate was designed by Jackie Lynd after an original painting by Aina Stenberg, and made by Rörstrand, Sweden.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2015.155
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 30 mm x 265 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
ceramic; glaze
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Europe > Sweden - christmas table
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