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'Little Grey Rabbit'

Table Setting
1930-1939 (made), post 1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Bristol Pottery (manufacturers)
Margaret Tempest (artist)
Place of origin
Bristol (made)
England (made)

Three piece tableware set with dish of cream coloured glazed earthenware, a pink line around the rim. Decorated in the centre of the bowl with a colour transfer showing Grey Rabbit and Fuzzy Peg and signed Margaret Tempest. Around the lip, eight colour transfers of different animal characters. The mug also cream coloured with a handle and pink line around the rim. Transfer of Grey Rabbit and Squirrel. The Egg-cup of glazed cream earthenware and a blue line around the rim. Decorated with three colour transfers of animal characters.

Object details

Categories
Tableware and Cutlery
Children and Childhood
Character Merchandise
Object type
Table setting
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Dish for a Child
  • Mug for a Child
  • Egg Cup
Title'Little Grey Rabbit' (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware with transfer prints
Earthenware
Glazing
Transfer
Brief description
Table setting, dish, mug and egg-cup, 'Little Grey Rabbit' designed by Margaret Tempest for The Bristol Pottery Ltd., glazed earthenware with transfer prints, Bristol, England, 1930-1950s
Physical description
Three piece tableware set with dish of cream coloured glazed earthenware, a pink line around the rim. Decorated in the centre of the bowl with a colour transfer showing Grey Rabbit and Fuzzy Peg and signed Margaret Tempest. Around the lip, eight colour transfers of different animal characters. The mug also cream coloured with a handle and pink line around the rim. Transfer of Grey Rabbit and Squirrel. The Egg-cup of glazed cream earthenware and a blue line around the rim. Decorated with three colour transfers of animal characters.
Dimensions
  • Dish diameter: 15.6cm
  • Dish height: 3.5cm
  • Mug height: 7.6cm
  • Mug diameter: 9.8cm (Note: diameter of mug including handle)
  • Egg cup height: 5.1cm
  • Egg cup diameter: 5.1cm
Taken from register
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.686:1-1988

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1128009/little-grey-rabbit-table-setting-margaret-tempest/
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