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Soho

Footed Bowl
2003 (designed), 2004 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

According to Portmeirion's press release 'all the items in the range are mult-functional, able to morph and adapt to anything from tapas to sushi, pasta to Thai'. According to David Queensberry, the range was designed in response to changing practices, including the popularity of world cuisine and ready prepared food, and was intended to be equally suitable for formal dining at table and eating from a tray on one's lap.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Soho (manufacturer's title)
  • Nightline (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, industrially formed or 'jolleyed', with clear glaze; banding applied by automated process
Brief description
Low circular, footed bowl, white banded in dark brown, 'Soho' range in 'Nightline' pattern, designed by Queensberry Hunt Design Group 2003 for Portmeirion Potteries Ltd, made Stoke-on-Trent, 2004
Physical description
Low circular bowl on low foot; made from white industrially formed or 'jolleyed' earthenware with clear glaze. Banded at foot and rim in dark brown ('Nightline' pattern) by automated process, not by hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
  • Diameter: 22.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PORTMEIRION Soho nightline dishwasher, microwave, freezer safe Made in Britain www.portmeirion.com Quality by Design for Life' (Printed in black)
  • Barcode (Printed on paper label)
Credit line
Given by Portmeirion Potteries Ltd.
Production
For Queensberry Hunt's computer design drawings for the 'Soho' range, including working drawings for the teapot, see E.139 to 143-2005.
Summary
According to Portmeirion's press release 'all the items in the range are mult-functional, able to morph and adapt to anything from tapas to sushi, pasta to Thai'. According to David Queensberry, the range was designed in response to changing practices, including the popularity of world cuisine and ready prepared food, and was intended to be equally suitable for formal dining at table and eating from a tray on one's lap.
Collection
Accession number
C.41-2005

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Record createdSeptember 1, 2005
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