125/2001

Collection

Ceramics

Brief description

A glazed earthenware mug with decoration 'Omega' designed by Fenella Mallalieu and manufactured by Poole Pottery in 1997. Cylindrical in form, the mug has a simple 'D' loop handle. It has an all over pale mustard yellow glaze and applied decoration. The motif is in dark green, blue and ochre, in freehand style. There is a dark green line around the body close to the base of the mug, below the top is a border design consisting of five repeated panels of a diagonal 'squiggle' with large blue free form spot to top left and smaller ochre spot to bottom right, and two parallel green lines to right. The design forms a rectangle with the top and bottom being continuous thin green lines around body of mug. Marked on base.

Title

Omega

Object name

mug
mug

Object number

125/2001

Production person

Mallalieu, Fenella (designer)

Production organisation

Poole Pottery Ltd (manufacturer)

Production date

1995

Production place

Longton

Material

earthenware
glaze

Dimensions

Diameter: 8cm
Height: 9.5cm
Length: 8.3cm

Label

Exhibition text, source and date unknown

The style of everyday tableware is always changing. Unlike fine china which is often purchased as a wedding present and lasts a lifetime, everyday tableware is replaced more frequently. New shapes, colours and patterns are introduced by designers and manufacturers to attract us to their products.

When surveyed across the 20th century, tableware provides a remarkably clear picture of the main developments in style and taste. The designs echo the changing styles in domestic interiors, and reflect the ways in which social and domestic conventions evolve.