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Isabella

Cream Jug
2011 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Queensberry Hunt are the leading UK ceramic design practice of the post-war period. Formed in 1966 by david Queensberry, then Professor of Ceramics at the RCA, and his former student Martin hunt. the partnership have designed ceramics for major producers and retailers around the globe. these include Wedgwood, Hornsea, Rosenthal, Habitat, Crate and Barrel, John Lewis and Jamie Oliver. Their practice spans a period of immense change in the industry, brought about by the adoption of new technologies, and the shift in production towards East Asia. Working in an essentially modernist aesthetic, Queensberry Hunt have been responsible for some of the most familiar and best-selling tableware of recent decades.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleIsabella (series title)
Materials and techniques
Bone china, transfer prints, glazed
Brief description
Cream jug, Spode 'Isabella', bone china, shape designed by Martin Hunt for the Portmeirion Group, pattern re-worked from the Spode Archive by Julie Meeson and Jo Gorman of the Portmeirion Studio, China, 2011.
Physical description
Bone china tableware, cream jug, glazed and transfer printed with floral decals in red, yellow, green, blue, etc, that have been re-worked from the Spode Archive.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.7cm
  • Diameter: 14cm
Marks and inscriptions
' FINE BONE CHINA / Spode / ISABELLA / 2011-Y9004-A11 / www.spode.com / DISHWASHER MICROWAVE SAFE' (In black on base)
Gallery label
Spode ‘Isabella’ 2011 Shape designed by Martin Hunt for the Portmeirion Group Pattern re-worked from the Spode archive by Julie Meeson and Jo Gorman of the Portmeirion Studio Made in China Bone china The Portmeirion Group bought the Spode brand in 2009. Lent by Queensberry Hunt(2012)
Credit line
Given by Queensberry Hunt
Object history
Exhibited in the Queensberry Hunt exhibition in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012
Summary
Queensberry Hunt are the leading UK ceramic design practice of the post-war period. Formed in 1966 by david Queensberry, then Professor of Ceramics at the RCA, and his former student Martin hunt. the partnership have designed ceramics for major producers and retailers around the globe. these include Wedgwood, Hornsea, Rosenthal, Habitat, Crate and Barrel, John Lewis and Jamie Oliver. Their practice spans a period of immense change in the industry, brought about by the adoption of new technologies, and the shift in production towards East Asia. Working in an essentially modernist aesthetic, Queensberry Hunt have been responsible for some of the most familiar and best-selling tableware of recent decades.
Collection
Accession number
C.56-2014

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Record createdApril 1, 2014
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