Teaset
1985
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 14.8 × 21.3 × 12.8 cm (overall) (teapot and lid)
(c) 6.2 × 11.8 × 12.2 cm (sugar bowl)
(d) 8.2 × 12.5 × 8.5 cm (milk jug)
(e-f) 8.1 × 15.1 × 14.9 cm (overall) (cup and saucer)
(g-h) 8.3 × 15.2 × 14.9 cm (overall) (cup and saucer)
(i-j) 8.0 × 14.8 × 15.1 cm (overall) (cup and saucer)
(k-l) 8.3 × 15.3 × 15.6 cm (overall) (cup and saucer)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1985
© Patsy Hely/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
(a) painted in black on base: P. H. '85
inscribed in pen and brown ink on paper label on base: (...illeg.) Patsy (...illeg.) / Tea (...illeg.)
(c, h, j, l) painted in black on base: P H.
(d) painted in black on base: P. H. (underlined)
(f) painted in black on base: P H
Accession Number
D32.a-l-1985
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
Teapot (and lid), jug, sugar-basin, four cups and saucers, the five-sided forms slipcast and decorated in underglaze black and yellow with alternating panels of black-dotted vertical yellow stripes and horizontal bands traversed by sgraffito straight lines.