coffee-pot
- Museum number
- 2000,0502.1
- Description
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Coffee-pot and lid; black matt glaze with lid; part of 'Tomorrow's Classic' dinner service.
- Production date
- 1952 (dates from)
- Curator's comments
- The 'Tomorrow's classic' dinner service was produced from 1952 by Hall China Company and was extremely successful. The service was also produced in white with a selection of applied decrative motifs. This service was preceeded by the success of 'Museum' and 'Town and Country' and was followed with the 'Century' service which ws also produced by Hall China Company.
In set with 2000,0502.2
For the most recent discussion of 'Tomorrow's Classic', see Pat Kirkham (ed), 'Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty', San Francisco 2013, pp. 98- 101.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 2000
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by donor in New York in November 1999.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2000,0502.1