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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Focus

Coffee Pot
1960 (designed (shape)), 1964 (designed (pattern))
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot with cylindrical body, large handle and spout, flattened lid and knob with vertical bands of geometrical design.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Titles
  • Focus (manufacturer's title)
  • Fine (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with printed overglaze decoration
Brief description
Coffee pot, 'Focus' pattern, 'Fine' shape, cylindrical body with vertical bands of geometrical designs, earthenware, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, 1964
Physical description
Coffee pot with cylindrical body, large handle and spout, flattened lid and knob with vertical bands of geometrical design.
Dimensions
  • With lid height: 20.2cm
  • Diameter: 21.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'FOCUS DESIGN BY BARBARA BROWN Midwinter FINE TABLEWARE STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND' (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) in black on base)
Gallery label
Coffee pot 'Focus' 'Fine' designer (decoration) Barbara Brown, designer (shape) David Queensberry, manufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England; 1964, shape designed 1960 Earthenware with printed overglaze decoration C.220:1,2-1991
Object history
Set of coffee pot and four cups and saucers bought for £8.
Production
Shape designed 1960; decoration designed 1964.
Other number
3.05
Collection
Accession number
C.220:1, 2-1991

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Record createdMay 6, 2008
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