Stoneware Coffee Pot with 'Vumé Lily' Motif
MakerMade by
Michael Cardew
(Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
MakerMade at
Wenford Bridge Pottery
(Cornwall, founded 1939)
StudentTaught by
Bernard Leach
(Hong Kong, 1887 - 1979)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1939-1983
Object NameCoffee Pot
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Jug with cover Height x Depth): 245 × 165mm
Handle to Spout (Width): 190mm
Base (Diameter): 90mm
Overall (Cover Height x Diameter): 65 × 110mm
Overall (Jug Height x Depth): 200 × 165mm
Handle to Spout (Width): 190mm
Base (Diameter): 90mm
Overall (Cover Height x Diameter): 65 × 110mm
Overall (Jug Height x Depth): 200 × 165mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© the copyright holder
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.6
About MeMichael Cardew was inspired by historical pottery and this coffee pot has an elegant prehistoric Cretan spout.
The sgraffito decoration was made by scratching through the surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour. The motif is known as 'Vumé Lily' named after the Vumé Pottery in Ghana, where Cardew worked between 1945 and 1948. This coffee pot has a brown glazed exterior and unglazed interior.
Made by Michael Cardew at his Wenford Bridge Pottery in Cornwall, England, after he returned from working in Africa.
