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

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
10.0 × 12.0 × 6.5 cm

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
printed (inverted) in black on base c.: PORTMEIRION / “TOTEM” / SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS / STOKE / MADE IN ENGLAND (all in an oval)

Accession Number
2017.550

Department
International Decorative Arts

Physical description
A cylindrical, spouted milk jug with angular handle. The milk jug is covered in a light brown-glaze and the body decorated with vertical columns of geometric design motifs in raised relief.

Browse by artist name

Download Image

Terms and conditions of use

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

Artwork Details

Explore the collection

Follow the NGV

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