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Jug, milk

Williams-Ellis, Susan
Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
Jug, milk
Image: By kind permission of Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales. © Unknown. If you have any information that may assist us in identifying a © holder, please contact images@museumwales.ac.uk
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Milk jug, white earthenware body with a clear glaze, 'Cylinder' shape, with inset base, tall cylindrical body, the spout level with rim, the top of the handle is square and level with the rim, gently curving downards and attached to the lower third of the body; the body 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 39274

Creation/Production

Williams-Ellis, Susan
Designer of ceramics for Portmeirion
Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
Role: Production
Role: Designer
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Stoke-on-Trent
Period: 1970

Measurements

Height (cm): 10
Height (in): 4
l(cm) handle to spout:12.5
l(cm)
l(in) handle to spout:4 3/4
l(in)
Width (cm): 6
Width (in): 2

Material

Earthenware

Location

In store
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  • Applied Art
  • Bird
  • Ceramics
  • Earthenware
  • English Earthenware
  • Plant
  • Stars

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