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Costa Brava, coffee pot

Costa Brava, coffee pot
(1960s)

Medium
stoneware (ironstone)

Measurements
(a-b) 25.5 × 19.2 × 10.2 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Inscription
(a) printed in green on base c.: Burleigh Ware / BURGESS & LEIGH LTD / EST (beehive) 1851 / BURSLEM / ENGLAND

Accession Number
2017.501.a-b

Department
International Decorative Arts

Physical description
A tapering cylindrical coffee port in white-glazed ironstone. The upper edge of the pot and the lid are decorated in transfer-printed and coloured decoration consisting of vertical coloured stripes in grey, brown and orange embellished with black abstracted geometric patterns.