Coffee Cup
ca. 1983 (designed), 1983 (made)
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Coffee cup of buff jasperware, cylindrical and handleless, by computer controlled cutting of the fired ceramic with diamond abrasive wheels. Decorated with black and red slip of geometrically intersecting lines cut through to body.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jasperware with coloured slip, computer controlled cutting |
| Brief description | Coffee cup, Jasperware with coloured slip, computer controlled cutting, designed by Martin Hunt at Queensberry Hunt, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., England, 1983. |
| Physical description | Coffee cup of buff jasperware, cylindrical and handleless, by computer controlled cutting of the fired ceramic with diamond abrasive wheels. Decorated with black and red slip of geometrically intersecting lines cut through to body. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Wedgwood (R) made in England X 2 82' (Impressed) |
| Credit line | Given by Queensberry Hunt |
| Object history | One of four examples of technical trials, not put into production. First experimented with at the R.C.A. with a machine originally developed for cutting glass. Included in the exhibition, see C.48-1993. |
| Production | Designed by Martin Hunt at Queensberry Hunt. |
| Bibliographic reference | Walker, Susannah. Creativity and Industry. London : Fourth Estate and Wordsearch Ltd, 1992, pp. 64-65. ISBN 1857020111 |
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| Accession number | C.54-1993 |
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| Record created | November 3, 1998 |
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