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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Cup

about 1959 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware, thrown. Of rounded form, with slightly flared lip. Yellow-brown glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, with incised decoration under a yellow-brown glaze
Brief description
Stoneware cup made by Gwyn Hanssen, ca. 1959
Physical description
Stoneware, thrown. Of rounded form, with slightly flared lip. Yellow-brown glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.8cm
  • With handle width: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Impressed circular seal mark, showing a rounded square (below handle)
Credit line
Given by Janet Fielder, Cheltenham
Object history
The punch set was bought from Liberty's, London, and given to the donor, Mrs Fielder, in 1959.
Bibliographic reference
Pottery Quarterly. 1961/2, vol.7, pp138, 146 & pl.5.
Collection
Accession number
C.22-2000

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Record createdApril 12, 2000
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