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CONTOUR SHAPED TEAPOT 1960

Robert Jefferson (1929 – )

Details

Dimension
17.5 CM
Media
EARTHENWARE
Accession number
P6729

Summary

From 1958-69 Jefferson was designer for the Poole Pottery. Founded in the 1870s the pottery originally manufactured tiles and architectural and garden ceramics, before turning to domestic and ornamental wares. It developed a very distinctive style with freeform shapes, such as the teapot here, that were characterised by the use of strong clear colour and contemporary styling.

Time for Tea, The British Council 1997

Glossary

  • Ceramics

    Clay based products produced from non-metallic material and fired at high temperature. The term covers all objects made of fired clay, including earthenware, porcelain, stoneware and terra cotta.

  • Contemporary

    Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.