Coffee set for two
Designer:
Moorcroft, William
Pottery:
Moorcroft Pottery
Earthenware decorated with under glaze colours.
Coffee set comprising coffee pot (C.15.1 & A-2018), milk jug (C.15.2-2018), sugar basin (C.15.3-2018) and a pair of coffee cans with saucers (C.15.4 & A-2018, C.15.5 & A-2018). Coffee can: small but tall, with straight sides tapering slightly towards the rim, a tall spout and loop handle; conical lid with central knob. Milk jug with straight sides tapering slightly towards the rim, with lip and loop handle. Sugar basin with slightly flared straight sides. Coffee cans with straight sides and loop handles, sitting on round saucers with straight, upturned side rims. The set decorated with a fruit and floral pattern surrounded by a rich red colour; the insides a deep blue, excepting the coffee pot which has a sea green interior. The undersides of the saucers coloured and glazed, the other pieces unglazed.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs Thelma Marks
Given by Thelma Marks
Method of acquisition: Given (2018-11-19) by Marks, Thelma
20th Century, Early
Circa
1930
CE
-
Circa
1940
CE
The decoration of fruit and flowers in a rich palette is typical of Moorcroft pottery and the straight-sided streamlined form of this set typical of the decade in which it was made.
William Moorcroft (1872-1945), the son of a potteries artist and designer, trained at Burslem School of Art and in London and Paris. His designs sold through Tiffany of New York, Liberty of London and other prestigious stores. In 1898 he joined James Macintyre & Co to take charge of their art pottery department and in 1913 opened the Moorcroft Pottery, in Sandbach Road, Cobridge, with 30 workers and financial support from Liberty’s. His son Walter continued the business when he died. William Moorcroft designed both the shape and decoration of his pottery and experimented widely with glazes and decorating processes.
Decoration
composed of
underglaze colours
Coffee Pot
Height 19 cm
Coffee Can Saucers
Height 2 cm
Sugar Basin
Height 4.2 cm
Coffee Cans
Height 5.6 cm
Jug
Height 7 cm
Hand building
: Earthenware, in two parts, painted underglaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing
Accession number: C.15.1-5-2018
Primary reference Number: 226132
Entry form number: 1366
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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