Portmeirion Malachite Rare Full Coffee Set, SM4-MAL76
Portmeirion

Portmeirion Full And Rare Malachite Coffee Set, Designed by Susan Williams-Ellis.

A rare complete coffee set in the Malachite design.

This set comprises of a coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl and six cups and saucers.

This set is a rare find and an early design from the 1960's.

There is some slight wear to the 22ct gold gilding on one saucer and the jug.

Please check the rest of our shop for more examples in this design.

Supplied with a signed certificate of authenticity by Stephen McKay

Approx Dimensions:-

Coffee Pot

8 in (20 cm) tall to top of lid knob

8.25 in (21 cm) spout to handle

Milk Jug

2.75 in (7 cm) tall 

4.5 in (11.5 cm) spout to handle

Sugar Bowl

2.25 in (5.5 cm) tall

3.75 in  (9.5 cm) diam

Coffee Cup

2.25 in (5.5 cm) tall

2.25 in (5.5 cm) diam

Saucer

4.5 in (11.5 cm) diam

Malachite

This sumptuous and exotic Malachite range was designed by Susan Williams-Ellis in 1959 after she had spent time studying the semi-precious mineral in the Natural History Museum in London. She also applied her opulent design to carpets and textiles that were produced and used in her father's hotel in Portmeirion. Those same items along with her complete range of amazing Malachite pottery, including the extraordinary tureen and goblets were officially launched in her Pont Street Portmeirion shop, London on 10th May 1960. Susan's hand painted Malachite pattern was produced as sheet transfers and applied over the whole of the items. They were then heavily gilded with gold lustre where the transfers were tricky to apply satisfactorily. This range was incredibly labour intensive, very expensive to produce and meant for cabinet displays rather than usable items and was not produced for very long, making it one of THE pieces a collector searches for!