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Costa Brava, cup and saucer

Costa Brava, cup and saucer
 (1960s)

Medium
stoneware (ironstone)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
stoneware (ironstone)
Measurements
(a-b) 8.2 × 13.5 cm diameter (overall)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
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.

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