On display

Creation

Coffee Pot and Cover
1972 (designed), ca. 1972 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot of white cylindrical body with deep shoulder, tall neck, rounded handle and squared spout; pale grey glaze speckled with fine spots of brown, bands of brown at the shoulder, base, and base of domed lid.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Titles
  • Creation (manufacturer's title)
  • Stonehenge (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with a speckled glaze and painted decoration
Brief description
Coffee pot with 'Creation' pattern by Eve Midwinter, speckled cylindrical body and bands at shoulder with painting in iron pigment, 'Stonehenge' shape designed by Roy Midwinter, earthenware, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, 1972
Physical description
Coffee pot of white cylindrical body with deep shoulder, tall neck, rounded handle and squared spout; pale grey glaze speckled with fine spots of brown, bands of brown at the shoulder, base, and base of domed lid.
Dimensions
  • With lid height: 16.7cm
  • Without handle diameter: 11.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MADE IN ENGLAND / T MIDWINTER' (Maker's mark moulded on base.)
Gallery label
Coffee pot and cover 'Creation' 'Stonehenge'
designer (decoration) Eve MIdwinter, designer (shape) Roy Midwinter, manufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England; 1972, shape designed about 1972
Earthenware with a speckled glaze and painted decoration

C.112:1,2-1996
Production
Decoration designed 1972; shape designed ca. 1972. 'Creation' on Stonehenge was in production until 1990.
Bibliographic reference
Peat, Alan. Midwinter: A Collector's Guide. 1992.
Other number
4.03
Collection
Accession number
C.112:1, 2-1996

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Record createdApril 30, 2008
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