Milk Jug

On display

V&A South Kensington
Design 1900 to Now, Room 74

Artist/Maker	Susie Cooper China Ltd. (manufacturer) Cooper, Susie (designer)
Place of origin	Burslem (made)

Earthenware jug with a cream-coloured body, of Falcon shape. The exterior solid turquoise aside from the foot, which is decorated with a narrow turquoise band.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Earthenware
Object type	Milk jug
Materials and techniques	Earthenware Earthenware
Brief description	Jug, turquoise exterior, designed by Susie Cooper, made by Susie Cooper Pottery, Burslem, ca. 1938.
Physical description	Earthenware jug with a cream-coloured body, of Falcon shape. The exterior solid turquoise aside from the foot, which is decorated with a narrow turquoise band.
Dimensions	Height: 12.2cm Depth: 7cm
Gallery label	(2021) The new tastemakers In Britain between the wars, businesses sprang up to cater to a middle-class market of homemakers with an interest in modern design. Retailers altered their advertising to fit more progressive tastes. Manufacturers adopted new and sometimes cost-effective techniques of making furniture and products. The armchair and freestanding bookcase are by London-based furniture producer Isokon, using new methods of bending plywood. The tea set, produced by pottery entrepreneur Susie Cooper, is made from earthenware, an affordable alternative to bone china. Plywood armchair Short chair, 1936 Designed by Marcel Breuer Manufactured by Isokon Furniture Company, UK Laminated birch and zebrano veneer frame with moulded plywood seat Given by Mr and Mrs Dennis Young Museum no. CIRC.80-1975 Freestanding plywood bookcase Penguin Donkey, 1939 Designed by Egon Riss Manufactured by Isokon Furniture Company, UK Moulded and flat plywood Given by Mr J.E. Tinkler Museum no. W.19:1 to 3-1993 Items from a tea set, about 1938–39 Designed by Susie Cooper Manufactured by Wood & Sons, decorated by Susie Cooper Pottery, UK Earthenware with aerographed and banded decoration Given by Mrs M. Collins Museum no. C.100&A to E-1978 The object sits in the 'Housing and Leaving' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.
Credit line	Given by Mrs M. Collins
Object history	Part of a tea set C100 to E-1978.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.100C-1978

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Record created	November 14, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O172549/milk-jug-cooper-susie/

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