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Zambesi

Coffee Pot
ca. 1954 (shape), 1956 (pattern)
Artist/Maker
W. R. Midwinter Ltd (manufacturer)
Tait, Jessie (pattern)
Midwinter, Roy (shape)
Place of origin
Burslem (made)

Coffee pot , rounded angular shape with triangular lid and upward sweeping handle. Decorated with pattern of zebra stripes, handle red.

Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Coffee pot
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Jug
  • Cover
Titles
  • Zambesi (manufacturer's title)
  • Fashion (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
'Zambesi' pattern coffee pot by Jessie Tait, designed 1956, zebra-striped with red handles, 'Fashion' shape designed by Roy Midwinter, ca. 1954, earthenware, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, ca. 1956
Physical description
Coffee pot , rounded angular shape with triangular lid and upward sweeping handle. Decorated with pattern of zebra stripes, handle red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.8cm
  • Width: 18.3cm
Gallery label
Coffee pot 'Zambesi' 'Fashion'
designer (decoration) Jessie Tait, designer (shape) Roy Midwinter, W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England; about 1956, shape designed about 1954


C.12:1,2-1992
Production
Shape designed ca. 1954; decoration designed ca. 1956.
Other number
2.07
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.12:1, 2-1992

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Record createdApril 30, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153915/zambesi-coffee-pot-tait-jessie/
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