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Wild Geese

Coffee Set
ca. 1952 (designed (shape)), 1954 (designed (pattern))
Artist/Maker
W. R. Midwinter Ltd (manufacturer)
Scott, Peter (decoration)
Midwinter, Roy (shape)
Place of origin
Burslem (made)

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.

Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Coffee set
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
  • Jug
  • Sugar Bowl
  • Plate
Titles
  • Wild Geese (manufacturer's title)
  • Stylecraft (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with underglaze, printed overglaze decoration
Earthenware
Ceramic Glaze
Transfer Printed
Glazed
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.
Dimensions
  • Coffee pot with lid height: 17.5cm
  • Coffee pot width: 10cm
Plate: height 2.1cm, width 23.4cm maximum Bowl: height 5.1cm width 11.3cm depth 7.5cm Coffee jug without lid: height 15.7cm Milk jug: height 5cm, width (without handle and lip) 7.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Peter Scott "WILD GEESE" / series / controlled designs' (Maker's mark printed in black, orange, grey and brown on base of jug, bowl and plate)
  • Picture of flying goose above 'Peter Scott / "WILD GEESE" / series / controlled designs' (Maker's mark printed (overglaze) on base of coffee pot and on top of underglaze printed backstamp)
  • 'Stylecraft / by / MIDWINTER / STAFFORDSHIRE / MADE IN ENGLAND / REGD 711847 [rest of mark obscured]' (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base of coffee pot and beneath overglaze backstamp)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Part of a coffee set 'Wild geese' 'Stylecraft'
designer (decoration) Peter Scott, designer (shape) Roy Midwinter, manufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England
1955, shape designed about 1952
Earthenware with overglaze printed and underglaze banded decoration

C.28:to D-1987 Given by Mr Richard Dennis
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.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.28 to D-1987

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151799/wild-geese-coffee-set-scott-peter/
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