Polygon
Coffee Pot and Cover
1976-7 (designed and made)
1976-7 (designed and made)
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Coffee pot and cover, shape "Polygon", pattern untitled. ANgular coffee pot with twelve sides curving spout, oval handle. Decorated with a gold stripe on white with blocks of colour in shades of pinks. Gold knob on lid, outlining in thin black line.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Polygon (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, on-glaze silk-screen transfer ("slide off") |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover, shape "Polygon", shape designed by Tapio Wirkkala, decoration designed by Rosemonde Nairac, Rosenthal, made Germany, designed in Britain, pattern designed and manufactured 1976-7. |
| Physical description | Coffee pot and cover, shape "Polygon", pattern untitled. ANgular coffee pot with twelve sides curving spout, oval handle. Decorated with a gold stripe on white with blocks of colour in shades of pinks. Gold knob on lid, outlining in thin black line. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Rosenthal/studio-linie/GERMANY' and crossed swords and crown (printed in green) |
| Object history | These pieces are prototypes. The information about the design and manufacture was supplied by the donor at the time of the gift. A body of archival material was also acquired by the Archive of Art and Design at the same time as this group of ceramics. |
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| Accession number | C.128:1, 2-1997 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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