Portmeirion Pottery Gold Sun Espresso Cup And Saucer, SM-GS18
Portmeirion

A Portmeirion Gold Sun Espresso Cup And Saucer.

This espresso cup and saucer features the rare Gold Sun motif printed on the cup.

This is fully backstamped with the Portmeirion Pottery backstamp and will be supplied with a signed certificate of authenticity by Stephen McKay.

There is a small production mark on the side of the cup, please see the photographs.

Approx Dimensions:-

Cup

2.25 in (6 cm) x 2.25 in (6 cm)

Saucer

5 in (12.5 cm)

Gold Sun 1961

Using a favourite motif of a sun, Susan Williams-Ellis created a design range in 1961 with a sun/star with curling rays. Using a lustre resist method, another of her labour intensive and expensive processes, Susan made some lavishly expensive plates and coffee ware items. By 1963 she moved to using transfers on matt black items to reduce costings. Gold Sun wasn't as popular as Susan had hoped, possibly because there was a tidal wave of similar designs around at the time and was therefore discontinued in the mid sixties. Hand painted items are incredibly rare and are coveted by collectors.