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Arabesque, tea and coffee service

Arabesque, tea and coffee service
 designed (1962-1963); manufactured (1963-1984)

Medium
stoneware
Measurements
(a-b) 16.2 × 24.0 × 15.0 cm (overall) (teapot)
(c-d) 31.4 × 21.5 × 11.0 cm (overall) (coffee pot)
(e) 14.0 × 12.7 × 8.0 cm (milk jug)
(f-g) 9.8 × 11.3 cm diameter (overall) (sugar box)
Place/s of Execution
Denby, Derbyshire, England
Inscription
(a) printed (vertically) in white on base c.: DENBY / MADE IN / ENGLAND (all in a rectangle)
(c) printed (inverted) in white on base c.: DENBY / MADE IN / ENGLAND (all in a rectangle)
(e) printed (vertically) in black on base c.: DENBY / MADE IN / ENGLAND (all in a rectangle)
(f) printed in white on base c.: DENB (…illeg.) / (…illeg.)
Accession Number
2017.508.a-g
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A brown-glazed stoneware tea and coffee service consisting of teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. The bodies of the components are decorated with hand-painted friezes of rosette and circle motifs executed in red, cream and tan.