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

Contrast

Cup
ca. 1975 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of stoneware with a brown body, and with the inside glazed white, and with a thick black line and a thin white band sprayed at the base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleContrast (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware and glazed
Brief description
'Contrast' cup of stoneware with a brown body, of the Lancaster tableware range, designed by Martin Hunt, made by Hornsea Pottery Co. Ltd., Hornsea, ca. 1975.
Physical description
Mug of stoneware with a brown body, and with the inside glazed white, and with a thick black line and a thin white band sprayed at the base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.8cm
  • Diameter: 8.5cm
  • Maximum width: 11.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'LANCASTER VITRAMIC / HORNSEA ENGLAND / CONTRAST / OVENPROOF / DISHWASHER PROOF / DESIGN COUNCIL AWARD 1975' (on the base)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Object history
Won the 1975 Design Council Award.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.60A-1977

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Record createdNovember 11, 2008
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