Coco

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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Artist/Maker	Queensberry Hunt Design Group (designers) Monno Industries (manufacturer) Jme (retailer) Hunt, Martin (designer)
Place of origin	England (designed) Bangladesh (made)

The 'Coco' tableware range was produced for the Jme collection assembled for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Leading designers Queensberry Hunt were commissioned to design the wares. Unusually for celebrity-endorsed merchandise, the designers' names and pedigrees are celebrated and promoted within the marketing for the collection, and the 'Coco' wares are marked clearly with their names, as well as the country of manufacture. The components of the range serve multiple functions, allowing a versatile service to be formed from a small number of adaptable shapes.

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Category	Ceramics
Object type	Side plate
Title	Coco (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Bone china
Brief description	Side plate, bone china, 'Coco' range, designed by Martin Hunt of Queensberry Hunt for Jamie Oliver (Jme), made by Monno Industries, Bangladesh, 2009.
Physical description	Undecorated white bone china.
Dimensions	Diameter: 21.8cm Height: 2.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Jme' (Logo, printed in green on base) 'coco designed by Queensberry Hunt, made in Bangladesh. happy in the dishwasher, safe in the microwave, fine in the fridge & freezer.' (Printed in red and green on base, within foot ring)
Credit line	Given by Queensberry Hunt and Jme Group Ltd.
Summary	The 'Coco' tableware range was produced for the Jme collection assembled for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Leading designers Queensberry Hunt were commissioned to design the wares. Unusually for celebrity-endorsed merchandise, the designers' names and pedigrees are celebrated and promoted within the marketing for the collection, and the 'Coco' wares are marked clearly with their names, as well as the country of manufacture. The components of the range serve multiple functions, allowing a versatile service to be formed from a small number of adaptable shapes.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.232-2009

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Record created	February 1, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1190413/coco-side-plate-hunt-martin/

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