Cup, coffee and saucer
Williams-Ellis, Susan
Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
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Coffee cup and saucer, white earthenware body with a clear glaze, 'Cylinder' shape, the cup with a cylindrical body, the top of the handle is square and level with the rim, gently curving downards and attached to the lower third of the body, plain rim, the saucer with foot ring and and sharply upturned sides; the body of the cup transfer-printed with the 'Magic Garden' pattern in black, blue, turquoise and green under the glaze with a freeform pattern of stylised, fantastical plants, insects and birds against a starry sky.
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number
NMW A 39277
Creation/Production
Williams-Ellis, Susan
Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
Date: 1970
Acquisition
Purchase, 15/9/2011
Techniques
Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Transfer-printed
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Earthenware
Location
In store