Coffee cup (P430)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Ann Stokes
Title
Coffee cup
Made in
London
Date
1985
Description
Red clay cup with an elongated handle and painted stripe slip decoration, and a saucer with concentric white circle slip decoration.
Materials and techniques
Thrown red clay. Decoration of white slip and burnished when leather hard on the outside. Clear-glazed outside. Fired to 1100 deg.C.
Dimensions
height: 9cm
height: 8.5cm
width: 11.5cm
depth: 5.8cm
height: 3cm
diameter: 14.5cm
Object number
P430
Category
References
Marie France Bayer - Clay the Game' in 'World of Interiors'. (1990)
Maker's statement
I like making plates, cups and saucers and have always been inspired by Cretau pottery whose handles I try to copy - they give a good balance.
Ann Stokes, 16 August 1994
Ann Stokes, 16 August 1994