Not currently on display at the V&A

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1989 (designed), 1989 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain cup and saucer with clear glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, dust-pressed and glazed
Brief description
Cup and saucer, glazed porcelain, designed by Queensberry Hunt Design Group, manufactured by Thomas, Rosenthal Group, Germany, 1989.
Physical description
Porcelain cup and saucer with clear glaze.
Marks and inscriptions
'Thomas GERMANY' (Printed in green)
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
From the Tournee range manufactured by Thomas China, Germany, to Martin Hunt's design, and launched April 1989. Queensberry Hunt's promotional brochure (in Subject Information File) states that "Tournee is in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum... [and its] design is the skillful articulation of squares, circles, ellipses and twisted hexagons....the plates are designed to be made by dust pressing, the ceramic industry's latest manufacturing technology".
Collection
Accession number
C.7E&F-1990

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Record createdOctober 30, 2008
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