Coffee pot
Shelley Potteries Ltd.
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1925
Materials
Bone china
Measurements
190 x 202.5 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1552928.1
Summary
Coffee pot. Shelley coffee pot, part of a coffee service. Art Deco style coffee pot, octagonal in shape. Long curved spout and rising handle. Upper body decorated with simplified red, yellow and grey flower motifs and irises. Blue band to rim and blue line decoration to handle.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Marks and inscriptions
Under base: 'Shelley/ENGLAND/Rd.723404' Under base: '11561'
Makers and roles
Shelley Potteries Ltd., maker