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Costa Brava, cup and saucer
(1960s)
Medium
stoneware (ironstone)
Measurements
(a-b) 8.2 × 13.5 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) printed in green on base c.: Burleigh Ware / BURGESS & LEIGH LTD / (…illeg.) (beehive) 1851 / BURSLEM / ENGLAND
(b) printed in green on base c.: Burleigh Ware / BURGESS & LEIGH LTD / EST (beehive) 1851 / BURSLEM / ENGLAND / IRONSTONE
printed in black on base l.c.: COSTA BRAVA
Accession Number
2017.503.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Physical description
A cup and saucer in white-glazed ironstone with loop handle. The upper half of the cup and the rim of the saucer are decorated in transfer-printed and coloured decoration consisting of vertical coloured stripes in grey, brown and orange embellished with black abstracted geometric patterns.