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Contour, Twintone, tea service

Contour, Twintone, tea service
 (c. 1956)

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2022
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 16.0 × 23.1 × 15.4 cm (teapot) (overall)
(c-d) 9.8 × 7.9 cm diameter (sugar box) (overall)
(e) 10.3 × 14.0 × 10.8 cm (milk jug)
(f-g) 18.5 × 13.9 × 9.9 cm (covered hot water jug)
Place/s of Execution
Poole, Dorset, England
Inscription
(a) printed (vertically) in black on base c. POOLE / (dolphin) / ENGLAND (all in an oval)
(c) printed (vertically) in black on base c. POOLE / (dolphin) / ENGLAND / EST. 1873 (all in an oval)
(e) printed (vertically) in blue on base c. POOLE / (dolphin) / ENGLAND (all in an oval) / • DETERGENT DISHWASHER & OVEN PROOF •
(f) printed (inverted) (diagonally) in blue on base c. [ POOLE / (dolphin) / ENGLAND ]
Accession Number
2022.1001.a-g
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2022
Gallery location
Not on display

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