coffee pot, part of coffee service
Summary
Tall cylindrical coffee pot of slight convex form, tapering to prominent, straight footring. Tapering C-curved spout, strap loop handle with ribbed sides, and shallow domed cover with ring finial and pierced hole to rear. Decorated underglaze around lower body with a wide 'crayonned' border of a continuous purple zig-zagged line surmounted by a row of regularly spaced tiny blue circles. Back of handle and upper surface of spout picked out with tiny blue circles, spout edged with purple lines. Cover decorated with same pattern of purple zig-zags encircling a pattern of tiny blue circles. Edge of cover painted with a single mushroom-coloured band. Semi-matt glaze.
Display Label
Falcon coffee service Designed by Susie Cooper, about 1938 Produced by the Susie Cooper Pottery Earthenware with crayoned and painted decoration The simple decoration of this coffee service shows a deep understanding of the relationship between shape and surface pattern. The crayoned and painted bands are carefully placed to pick out the curves and rims of each item. Susie Cooper trained almost entirely in industry, which she considered to be far more useful than art school. She became one of Britain's top ceramics designers. Presented by the Susie Cooper Pottery Ltd 1938.200
Object Name
coffee pot, part of coffee service
Creators Name
Date Created
c 1938
Dimensions
without cover: 15.2cm
with cover: 19cm
spout to handle: 20.2cm
accession number
1938.200
Collection Group
Place of creation
Burslem
Medium
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