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Myott, Son & Co., Staffordshire (manufacturer)
Sorrento, coffee service (c. 1965)
earthenware
(a-b) 24.4 × 22.6 × 9.6 cm (overall) (coffee pot)
(c) 8.6 × 12.9 × 8.0 cm (milk jug)
(d-e) 10.5 × 8.1 cm diameter (overall) (sugar box)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
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Sorrento, coffee service
(c. 1965)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 24.4 × 22.6 × 9.6 cm (overall) (coffee pot)
(c) 8.6 × 12.9 × 8.0 cm (milk jug)
(d-e) 10.5 × 8.1 cm diameter (overall) (sugar box)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) impressed (inverted) in base u.c.: ENGLAND
printed (diagonally) in black on base c: Sorrento
impressed (inverted) in base l.c.: MYOTT / 24
(c) impressed (vertically) in base u.l.: 6
impressed (vertically) in base c.l.: ENGLAND
impressed (vertically) in base c.r.: MYOTT
(d) impressed in base u.c.: MYOTT
printed (vertically) in black on base c.: Sorrento
impressed in base l.c.: ENGLAND
impressed in base l.r.: 4
Accession Number
2017.546.a-e
Department
International Decorative Arts
Physical description
(a-b) A tall cylindrical coffee pot with long out-curving spout and large loop handle. The white body is decorated on one side with a painterly design of fruits and leaves in autumnal colours. The lid is glazed in a solid drab green colour.
(c) A spouted, cylindrical milk jug with loop handle. The white body is decorated on one side with a painterly design of fruits and leaves in autumnal colours.
(d-e) A cylindrical lidded sugar box. The white body is decorated on one side with a painterly design of fruits and leaves in autumnal colours. The lid is glazed in a solid drab green colour.