Cup and saucer: C.10 & A-2020

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Designer: Cooper, Susie
Decorator: Susie Cooper Pottery
Maker: Wood & Sons Ltd

Entities

Cup and saucer

Categories

Earthenware

Description

Earthenware with brown and black underglaze crayon decoration on pink ground.

Earthenware with brown and black underglaze crayon decoration on pink ground.

Cup: Earthenware cup, circular, convex sides, semi-circular loop handle. Decorated in brown and black crayon under dull pink glaze, on the outside with a looping pattern and on the inside with thin black and brown lines just below the rim. Underside glazed within slim foot-rim.
Saucer: Earthenware saucer with deep bowl, central indentation. Decorated in brown and black crayon under dull pink glaze (slightly paler than that on the cup), on the upper side with a looping pattern inside thin black and brown lines just below the rim. Underside glazed within slim foot-rim.

Notes

History note: Formerly in the collection of Susie Cooper; bequeathed to her son, Timothy Barker, who gave it to the Museum.

Legal notes

Given by Timothy Barker, son of Susie Cooper and Cecil Barker

Place(s) associated

Burslem ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2020-04-27) by Barker, Timothy

Dating

Circa 1934 - Circa 1939

Components of the work

Saucer Diameter 14.4 cm Height 2 cm
Cup Diameter 9.5 cm Height 5.3 cm

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

Text: MADE IN / ENGLAND
Location: Underside of base of cup
Method of creation: Stamped in black
Type: Maker's mark

Text: Susie Cooper [in script] / CROWN WORKS / BURSLEM / ENGLAND
Method of creation: Stamped in black
Type: Maker's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.10 & A-2020
Primary reference Number: 279155
Entry form number: 511
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 16 December 2020 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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