Soap tray
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Title
Soap tray
Description
A white glazed on earthenware clay soap tray in a flower shape with drainage holes in the middle, standing on four feet.
Creator
1225
Source
varmlandmap
Date
2018
Contributor
iain
Language
Swedish
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
613
Alternative Title
Tvålfat
Date Submitted
02/09/2025
Date Modified
08/09/2025
Extent
15cm x 0.3cm x 11cm
Spatial Coverage
current,59.6373482,12.7951043;
Europeana
Europeana Type
TEXT
Physical Object Item Type Metadata
Prim Media
1337
Material
Earthenware clay, glaze 1013 cebex, porcelain slipware/engobe
Natural Cultural
Cultural
Craft
ceramics
Tool
Modeling board, rolling pin, plaster board with carved pattern. Plaster dome/shape, modelling wooden tools, sponge, hole mkaing tool.
Place
Lerhol, Edane, Arvika, Sweden
Material Source
Clay glaze and engobe from Cebex: www.cebex.se
Technique
A slab technique where the clay is rolled with a pin on a plaster board with textured pattern. Then he form is cut and shaped on a plaster molder and feet are attatched to the bottom. When the tray has become hard as leather the drain holes are cut and the whole product is cleaned and made to have a nice finish with a sponge. It's dipped in engobe/slipware and the underside of the feet are dried off. Then it's left to dry. The dry shape is bisque fired up to 950 degrees, glazed, dried under the feet and then fired to about 1100 degrees.
Function
Soap tray in ceramics with drain holes. A decorative and useful object.
Creation Purpose
Thenman noticed there was a demand for soap trays at the store and co-op Arvika konsthantverk.
Production Quality
About 100 a year
Conecept
The artist dosen't say
External ID
RV_AR_21
Citation
1225, “Soap tray,” VERAP, accessed April 2, 2026, https://culturality.museum/omeka/items/show/1291.
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