Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Pot, coffee and cover
Williams-Ellis, Susan (Designer of ceramics for Portmeirion)
Coffee pot and cover, white earthenware body with a clear glaze, the coffee pot is the 'Cylinder' shape, with inset base, tall cylindrical body, long upright spout issuing from the bottom of the body, the top of the handle is square and level with the rim, gently curving downards and attached to the lower third of the body, the cover with high flange and concave, steeply rising sides and a cylindrical knop; the body transfer-printed with the 'Magic Garden' pattern in black, blue, turquoise and green under the glaze with a freeform pattern of stylised, fantastical plants, insects and birds against a starry sky.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39273
Creation/Production
Williams-Ellis, Susan
Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
Date: 1970 –
Acquisition
Purchase, 15/9/2011
Measurements
Height
(cm): 33.2
Height
(in): 13
l(cm) handle to spout:21.4
l(cm)
l(cm) handle to spout:8 1/2
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 8.9
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
In store
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