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Kestrel

Cup
1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
Wood & Sons Ltd. (manufacturers)
Susie Cooper China Ltd. (decorating firm)
Cooper, Susie (designer)
Place of origin
Burslem (made)

Cup from "Kestrel" Coffee Set, earthenware with banded, painted, and sgraffito decoration, 6 cm high.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Tableware & Cutlery
Drinking
Object type
Cup
TitleKestrel (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with banded, painted, and sgraffito decoration
Brief description
Cup from "Kestrel" Coffee Set, designed by Susie Cooper, decorated by the Susie Cooper Pottery, Burslem, using blanks made by Wood & Sons Ltd., 1932
Physical description
Cup from "Kestrel" Coffee Set, earthenware with banded, painted, and sgraffito decoration, 6 cm high.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.6cm
  • Diameter: 5.4cm
  • With handle width: 7.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A leaping deer (Printed in brown)
  • 'A SUSIE COOPER PRODUCTION, CROWN WORKS BURSLEM, ENGLAND' (Printed in brown)
  • 'E/373' (Printed in black enamel)
Bibliographic references
  • Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
  • Adamson, Glenn, Martina Droth and Simon Olding (ed.s) Things of Beauty Growing British Studio Pottery. New Haven, London, 2017 p. 281
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.127L-1985

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Record createdNovember 5, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85195/kestrel-cup-cooper-susie/
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