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Soho

Dish
2003 (designed), 2004 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

According to Portmeirion's press release 'all the items in the range are mult-functional, able to morph and adapt to anything from tapas to sushi, pasta to Thai'. According to David Queensberry, the range was designed in response to changing practices, including the popularity of world cuisine and ready prepared food, and was intended to be equally suitable for formal dining at table and eating from a tray on one's lap.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Soho (manufacturer's title)
  • Nightline (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Vitrified ovenproof ware, industrially formed (pressure cast) with clear glaze; banding applied by automated process
Brief description
Oval, handled dish, white ovenwear banded in dark brown, 'Soho' range in 'Nightline' pattern, designed by Queensberry Hunt Design Group 2003 for Portmeirion Potteries Ltd, made Stoke-on-Trent, 2004
Physical description
Oval dish with single down-curving tab handle; made from white vitrified ovenproof ware, industrially formed (pressure cast) with clear glaze. Banded around the rim of the dish, but not the handle, in dark brown ('Nightline' pattern) by automated process, not by hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.3cm
  • Width: 17cm
Marks and inscriptions
'PORTMEIRION Soho nightline dishwasher, microwave, freezer safe Made in Britain www.portmeirion.com Quality by Design for Life' (Printed in black)
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.
Summary
According to Portmeirion's press release 'all the items in the range are mult-functional, able to morph and adapt to anything from tapas to sushi, pasta to Thai'. According to David Queensberry, the range was designed in response to changing practices, including the popularity of world cuisine and ready prepared food, and was intended to be equally suitable for formal dining at table and eating from a tray on one's lap.
Collection
Accession number
C.36-2005

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Record createdAugust 30, 2005
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