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Soho

Cup and Saucer
2003 (designed), 2004 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White earthenware tea cup and saucer, industrially formed or 'jolleyed', with clear glaze and banded in dark brown by automated process (not by hand).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Saucer
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
Tea cup and saucer, white banded in dark brown, 'Soho' range in 'Nightline' pattern, designed by Queensberry Hunt Design Group in 2003 for Portmeirion Potteries Ltd, made in Stoke-on-Trent, 2004
Physical description
White earthenware tea cup and saucer, industrially formed or 'jolleyed', with clear glaze and banded in dark brown by automated process (not by hand).
Marks and inscriptions
'PORTMEIRION Soho nightline dishwasher, microwave, freezer safe Made in Britain www.portmeirion.com Quality by Design for Life' (Printed in black on both cup and saucer.)
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.
Collection
Accession number
C.31:1, 2-2005

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Record createdAugust 26, 2005
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