On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Utility

Coffee Pot and Cover
ca. 1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
New Hall Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Hanley (made)

Cream coloured coffee-pot, with a curving handle bending at a right angle towards the top. Cover rises high and terminates in a small knop. An inscription is printed in green within a decorative cartouche.

Object details

Categories
Earthenware
Ceramics
Object type
Coffee pot and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
TitleUtility (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware and glazed
Earthenware
Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
'Utility' coffee pot and cover of cream-coloured earthenware and lead glazed, made by New Hall Porcelain Factory, Hanley, ca. 1945.
Physical description
Cream coloured coffee-pot, with a curving handle bending at a right angle towards the top. Cover rises high and terminates in a small knop. An inscription is printed in green within a decorative cartouche.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Diameter: 20.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
'New Hall Hanley Staffs' / a castle / 'Made in England' [within a green cartouche] (Printed in green)
Gallery label
(2021)
Government-regulated goods

In 1941, the British government introduced several schemes to regulate the country’s manufacture of consumer goods to enable a greater focus on the war effort. The pair of shoes and coffeepot shown here comply with the regulations set out at the time: decoration is minimal and the designs are simple, practical and economical. The heel of the shoes does not exceed the two-inch (about 5cm) stipulation as set out by the Utility Scheme.

Grey heeled shoes
Burlington range, 1940s
Manufactured by Freeman, Hardy and Willis, UK
Leather, suede and rubber sole
Given by Miss Pennie Smith
Museum no. T.190&A-1983

Plain coffeepot
About 1945
Manufactured by New Hall Pottery, UK
Glazed earthenware
Museum no. C.121&A-1978

The object sits in the 'Crisis and Conflict' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.
Credit line
Given by John Lowry, Esq.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.121&A-1978

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Record createdNovember 18, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O172569/utility-coffee-pot-and-new-hall-porcelain/
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