Greenwheat, coffee pot
designed (c. 1955); manufactured (1955-1976)
Medium
stoneware
Measurements
(a-b) 17.7 × 18.9 × 12.4 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Denby, Derbyshire, England
Inscription
(a) printed (vertically) in black on base c.: DEN (…illeg.) / (…illeg.) (in a banner . (…illeg.) / (…illeg.)
overprinted (vertically) on previous inscription in black on base c.: MADE IN ENGLAND / Greenwheat / (wheat stalk) DENBY (DENBY in relief in an oval) / OVEN–PROOF
painted in black on base l.c.: (…illeg.) Colledge (underlined)
Accession Number
2017.509.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Physical description
A white-glazed coffee pot of ovoid form with loop handle and short spout. The lid is decorated in a deep green glaze. The body of the pot is decorated with hand-painted motifs of stylised wheat heads and foliage in green, brown, blue and yellow.