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Charcoal, tea and coffee service

Charcoal, tea and coffee service
 designed 1949

Medium
porcelain (hard-paste)
Measurements
(a-b) 13.3 × 22.0 × 14.0 cm (overall) (teapot)
(c-d) 18.5 × 22.2 × 13.3 cm (overall) (coffee pot)
(e) 10.1 × 11.0 × 8.0 cm (milk jug)
(f) 7.5 × 9.9 cm diameter (sugar bowl)
(g-h) 7.1 × 15.1 cm diameter (overall) (cup and saucer)
(i) 2.0 × 17.4 cm diameter (side plate)
Place/s of Execution
Selb, Bavaria, Germany
Inscription
(a) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
(c) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
(e) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
(f) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
(g) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
(h) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
(i) printed in black on base c.: CONTINENTAL CHINA / (crown) / R / DESIGNED BY / Raymond loewy (underlined) / GERMANY / Charcoal
Accession Number
2017.1120.a-i
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A white porcelain tea and coffee service, the bodies of all the vessels being glazed in a satin black finish. The flat lids and vessel interiors are a glossy white-glaze. The tea and coffee pot, sugar bowl and creamer forms are ovoid with applied ovoid handles.