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Coffee Cup and Saucer
1960 (designed), 1964 (designed)
Artist/Maker
W. R. Midwinter Ltd (manufacturer)
Tait, Jessie (designer)
Queensberry, David (designer)
Place of origin
Burslem (made)

Coffee cup with white cylindrical body and rimless saucer; arrangements of blue and yellow circles on alternating vertical bands of white, and light and dark grey.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Coffee cup and saucer
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Titles
  • Graphic (manufacturer's title)
  • Fine (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with printed underglaze decoration
Earthenware
Printed
Brief description
Coffee cup and saucer, 'Graphic' pattern, 'Fine' Shape, cylindrical body with vertical bands, earthenware, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, 1964
Physical description
Coffee cup with white cylindrical body and rimless saucer; arrangements of blue and yellow circles on alternating vertical bands of white, and light and dark grey.
Marks and inscriptions
'Midwinter / FINE TABLEWARE / STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND' (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base)
Gallery label
Two coffee cups and saucers 'Graphic' 'Fine' designer (decoration) Jessie Tait, designer (shape) David Queensberry, manufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England; 1964, shape designed 1960 Earthenware with printed overglaze decoration C.132-1992
Object history
C.131 to 155-1992 purchased for £30.
Production
Shape designed 1960; decoration designed 1964.
Bibliographic references
  • Walker, Susannah. Contemporary/Moderne: British Mass-produced tableware of the 1950s. MA thesis : V&A/RCA History of Design, 1990.
  • British Design and Home. 1994. Catalogue of the exhibition held in Japan, April-Sept 1994.
Other number
3.03
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.132:1, 2-1992

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Record createdMay 6, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O154078/graphic-coffee-cup-and-tait-jessie/
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