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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Afternoon Tea

Teacup and Saucer
1938 (made), 1937 (pattern)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bone china teacup and saucer with transfer-printed and painted enamel decoration in brown, black and yellow in the centre, and a blue band with black linear decoration around the perimeter of the objects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Saucer
TitleAfternoon Tea (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Bone china, enamel
Brief description
Teacup and saucer, bone china, designed by Eric Ravilious,'Afternoon Tea' pattern, 1937, made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd., Etruria, Staffordshire, 1938
Physical description
Bone china teacup and saucer with transfer-printed and painted enamel decoration in brown, black and yellow in the centre, and a blue band with black linear decoration around the perimeter of the objects.
Gallery label
Tea wares, ‘Afternoon Tea’ pattern Designed 1937, made about 1939 Bone china, transfer-printed and painted in enamels Museum nos. Circ.358&A, 359-1939; Circ.479&A-1948(4/3/2014)
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.358&A-1939

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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