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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Coffee Pot

ca. 1959 (designed), ca. 1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bone china coffee pot and cover with decoration of "Classic Vista" pattern (C990), depicting classical buildings seen through a colonnade, printed and banded in taupe and green with gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover (Closure)
Materials and techniques
Bone china with printed decoration and gilt
Brief description
Part of a coffee service, decorated with a "Classic Vista" pattern, bone china, can shape, designed by Susie Cooper, 1959, decorated at Susie Cooper Ltd., made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, England, ca. 1970.
Physical description
Bone china coffee pot and cover with decoration of "Classic Vista" pattern (C990), depicting classical buildings seen through a colonnade, printed and banded in taupe and green with gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.8cm
  • With handle and spout width: 23.2cm
  • Diameter: 11.1cm
Credit line
Given by the designer
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Eatwell, Ann. Susie Cooper Productions. V&A exhibition catalogue, 1987, no. 217.
Collection
Accession number
C.185&A-1988

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Record createdDecember 11, 2007
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