Ccoffee cup (P431)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

Ann Stokes

Title

Ccoffee cup

Made in

London

Date

1985

Description

Red clay cup with an elongated handle and painted white and green stripe slip decoration, and a saucer with abstract white 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:  8.7cm
width:  11cm
depth:  8.5cm
height:  3cm
diameter:  14.5cm

Object number

P431

Category

References

See P430 -
  • Ccoffee cup, Ann Stokes, 1985, Crafts Council Collection: P431.

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