Utility

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

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
Title	Utility (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 created	November 18, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O172569/utility-coffee-pot-and-new-hall-porcelain/

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