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 an ochre free-flowing glaze, Portmeirion's '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 is moulded with a series of abstract motifs, including swirls, star-like motifs and target-like bosses, dispersed in an even, horizontal/vertical orientation.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 39297

Creation/Production

Williams-Ellis, Susan
Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
Date: 1963 –

Acquisition

Purchase, 26/10/2011

Measurements

Height (cm): 33.5
Height (in): 13
(): l(cm) handle to spout:21.2
(): l(cm)
(): l(in) handle to spout:8 1/2
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Depth (cm): 9.2
Depth (in): 3

Techniques

slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art

Material

earthenware

Location

Gallery 22A, North : Bay 10

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