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Totem, tea canister
Medium
earthenware, cork
Measurements
(a-b) 17.3 × 8.2 cm diameter (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) printed in black and moulded in relief on base c.: PORTMEIRION / “TOTEM” / SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS / STOKE / MADE IN ENGLAND (all in a dotted oval)
Accession Number
2017.552.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A cylindrical tea canister with waisted neck and cork stopper. The canister is covered in a light brown-glaze and the body decorated with vertical columns of large geometric design motifs in raised relief.