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Portmeirion Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer)
Susan Williams-Ellis (designer)
Totem, coffee pot (1963-c. 1975)
earthenware
(a-b) 32.8 × 21.3 × 9.2 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
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Totem, coffee pot
(1963-c. 1975)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 32.8 × 21.3 × 9.2 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
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) moulded in relief on base c.: “TOTEM” / BY / SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS / PORTMEIRION POTTERY / Stoke-on-Trent / Made in / ENGLAND (all in an oval)
Accession Number
2017.549.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Physical description
A tall, cylindrical coffee pot with long, out-curving spout and angular handle. The coffee pot is covered in a light brown-glaze and the body decorated with vertical columns of geometric design motifs in raised relief.