Queensberry Stripe

Sugar Bowl
1960 (designed (shape)), 1962 (designed (pattern))
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar bowl with vertical mottled stripes of ochre, grey and black on white cylindrical body; high foot.

Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Queensberry Stripe (manufacturer's title)
  • Fine (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with printed underglaze decoration
Brief description
'Queensberry Stripe' pattern sugar bowl, 'Fine' shape, cylindrical body with vertical bands of ochre, grey and black, earthenware, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, 1962
Physical description
Sugar bowl with vertical mottled stripes of ochre, grey and black on white cylindrical body; high foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.6cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'QUEENSBERRY / Midwinter / FINE TABLEWARE / STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND / SHAPES DESIGNED BY THE / MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY' (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base)
Gallery label
Sugar bowl 'Queensberry Stripe' 'Fine'
designer (decoration) David Queensberry, designer (shape) David Queensberry, manufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England; 1962, shape designed 1960
Earthenware with printed underglaze decoration

C.130-1992
Object history
Set comprising coffee pot, two cups and saucers, and sugar bowl bought for £25.
Production
Shape designed 1960; decoration designed 1962.
Bibliographic reference
Walker, S. Queensberry Hunt: Creativity and Industry. 1992. pp. 14-16, ill. p.15.
Other number
3.02
Collection
Accession number
C.130-1992

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Record createdMay 6, 2008
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