PORTMEIRION POTTERY, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer), Susan WILLIAMS-ELLIS (designer)
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.

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PORTMEIRION POTTERY, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer), Susan WILLIAMS-ELLIS (designer)
Totem, coffee pot
(1963-c. 1975)