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Afternoon tea pattern, covered preserve jar

Afternoon tea pattern, covered preserve jar
designed 1937; manufactured (1940s)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
(a-b) 13.5 × 8.9 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England

Inscription
(a) printed in green on base u.c.: E
printed in black on base c.: Designed / by ERIC / Ravilious (all in a square) (in a square)
inscribed in red on base l.c.: CL 6266 / 12
(b) printed in green on underside c.: E

Accession Number
923.a-b-D4

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Lidded jar printed in black with diagonal checkerboard pattern and vignette showing a table set for tea. Touches of blue and yellow.