Factory:
Hornsea Pottery
Designer:
Clapison, Phillip
Slip-cast earthenware with black decoration printed over brown glaze. Heirloom pattern. Cylindrical pot with incurved shoulder, sloping spout, and angular strap handle. Circular cover, with a flat-topped knob with a central ventilation hole, and deep flange fitting inside the neck of the pot. Impressed and printed on both sides with a panel of a repeating pattern in rows: half a row, two whole rows, and half a row one above the other.
History note: Purchased by the donor at Reed's in Saffron Walden
Given by Julia E. Poole
Height: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2007-11-19) by Poole, Julia E.
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Circa
1975
CE
-
1980
CE
This teapot is typical of the rather chunky shapes which became popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Hornsea Pottery, was founded in 1949 at Hornsea, Yorkshire. ‘Heirloom’ introduced in 1967 was its first range of tableware, and remained in production for many years. It was also produced in blue and green. Between 1974 and 1987 the firm operated at Lancaster
Wole
composed of
glaze
( yellowish-brown)
Body
Diameter 13.1 cm
Handle To Spout
Length 21 cm
Decoration
Glazing (coating)
Slip-casting
Inscription present: ENGLAND 1975 is in smaller lettering than the rest
Accession number: C.44 & A-2007
Primary reference Number: 157613
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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