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Powder Blue Breakfast Set

ManufacturerMade by Moorcroft (Stoke-on-Trent, England, founded 1913)

DesignerDesigned by William Moorcroft

Date1913 - 1963

Object NameBreakfast Set

Mediumearthenware

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall Teapot and Cover ABDMS053138.1 and .2: height 10.5cm × width 17.5cm × depth 13.5cm
Overall Jug ABDMS053138.3: height 8cm × width 8.8cm × depth 7.5cm
Overall Bowl ABDMS053138.4: height 6cm × width 8cm × depth 8cm
Overall Cereal Bowl ABDMS053138.5: height 3.8cm × diameter 15.5cm
Overall Cup ABDMS053138.6: height 5.8cm × width 11cm × depth 8cm
Overall Saucer ABDMS053138.7: height 2.4cm × diameter 14cm
Overall Saucer ABDMS053138.8: height 1.2cm × diameter 13.5cm
Overall Side Plate ABDMS053138.9: height 1.5cm × diameter 16.3cm
Overall Egg Cup ABDMS053138.10: height 7.4cm × 10.7cm × 10.7cm

AcquisitionRobinson-Young Collection, purchased in 1998 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the John Black Trust and the Hamilton Bequest.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 06

Object numberABDMS053138

Keywords

About MePowder Blue domestic and table wares were designed by William Moorcroft in 1913. Although the company are better known for their highly decorative wares, this design remained in production until 1963.
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Collections Wall

Moorcroft launched its pottery in stores with such prestigious reputations as Harrods and Tiffany & Co. William Moorcroft himself was appointed Potter to Her Majesty the Queen in 1928!

Exhibitions

Gallery 06 - Feasting