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Coffee service: C.266.1-7-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Portmeirion Pottery
Designer: Williams-Ellis, Susan

Entities

Categories

Description

Coffee set, comprising a coffee pot, milk jug, sugar basin, and four cups and saucers of 'cylinder shape'. White earthenware transfer-printed with 'Black Diamond' pattern; the saucers and coffee pot's lid glazed black overall.

Legal notes

Given by N. J. Zolman

Place(s) associated

  • Stoke-on-Trent ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2015) by Zolman, N. J.

Dating

20th Century, third quarter#
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1963

Materials used in production

Glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Printing
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Reserved in white on turquoise oval

  • Text: Portmeirion Pottery/Stoke-on-Trent/Made in England
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.266.1-7-2015
Primary reference Number: 207203
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 2 December 2015 Updated: Tuesday 29 November 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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