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The Secret

Designer Vicken Von Post American
Manufacturer Rörstrand Factory Swedish
1920s
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Secret
  • Designer: Vicken Von Post (American (born Sweden), Stockholm 1886–1940)
  • Manufacturer: Rörstrand Factory (Swedish)
  • Date: 1920s
  • Culture: Swedish
  • Medium: Glazed porcelain
  • Dimensions: 7 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in., 1.6 lb. (18.4 × 14.6 × 10.8 cm, 0.7 kg)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.81
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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