Wild Geese
Coffee Set
ca. 1952 (designed (shape)), 1954 (designed (pattern))
ca. 1952 (designed (shape)), 1954 (designed (pattern))
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White earthenware body with transfer-printed on-glaze decoration in grey, brown and orange. The decoration of the various pieces depicts White-fronted Geese, either in flight or feeding.
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with underglaze, printed overglaze decoration |
| Brief description | Coffee set, 'Wild Geese' pattern by Peter Scott, 1954, earthenware, 'Stylecraft' shape designed and made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, about 1952. |
| Physical description | White earthenware body with transfer-printed on-glaze decoration in grey, brown and orange. The decoration of the various pieces depicts White-fronted Geese, either in flight or feeding. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Richard Dennis |
| Production | Shape designed ca. 1952, decoration designed 1954. |
| Bibliographic reference | Niblett, Kathy Dynamic Design: The British pottery industry 1940-1990, Stoke-on-Trent: Stoke-on-Trent City Museum & Art Gallery, 1990. ISBN: 0905080882. |
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| Accession number | C.28 to D-1987 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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