Coffee Pot
| Category | Ceramics |
|---|---|
| Sub category | Studio Pottery |
| Artist / Designer | Michael Cardew |
| Manufacturer | Abuja Pottery |
| Material | Stoneware |
| Place of origin | Africa, Nigeria, Abuja |
| Date | Ca 1960 |
Description
Brown glaze with sgraffito decoration
Dimensions
Height 18.5cm
Mark
‘MC’ in monogram and Abuja Pottery seal, impressed.
Ref no
KSSC42
About
This coffee pot design is one perfected by Cardew at the Winchcombe Pottery in Gloucestershire in the 1930s combining an elegant prehistoric Cretan spout with a traditional Devon jug shape. The decoration, incised through the glaze, occurs on the earlier pieces but by the 50s had evolved as Cardew absorbed ideas from African pottery. This is a version of a pattern known as the Vumé lily named after the earlier Vumé Pottery in Ghana.
