Portmeirion Pottery Cylinder Coffee Set, British Herald, BH3
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Portmeirion Vintage Cylinder Orange Coffee Set In British Herald, Designed by Susan Williams-Ellis.

A cylinder shaped coffee set in The British Herald design.

This stunning and rare set is in the wonderful orange colourway with black British Herald motifs. The set is fully backstamped.

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

There is a barely visible hairline crack on the coffee pot, a historically repaired chip on the milk jug spout and minor production marks on two of the cup rims. Please see the photographs.

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

Approx Dimensions:-

Coffee Pot

13 in (33 cm) tall to top of lid knob

8.5 in (21.5 cm) spout to handle

3.5 in (9 cm) diam

Milk Jug

4 in (10 cm) tall 

4.75 in (12 cm) spout to handle

2.5 in (6 cm) diam

Sugar Bowl

2.25 in (5.5 cm) tall

3.25 in  (8.5 cm) diam

Coffee Cup

3.25 in (8.5 cm) tall

2.5 in (6.5 cm) diam

Saucer

5.25 in (13.5 cm) diam

The British Herald

This unusual range appeared in the mid-sixties. It was based on a range of heraldic images from a publication by Thomas Robson's British Herald of 1830.

The unmistakably nineteenth century illustrations are remarkably fine and detailed. They depicted family crests when it was important to advertise who one was, particularly on one's horse and carriage. The engravings were used as black transfers onto white Imperial tankards and Cylinder shaped coffee sets in 1966, plus a few other items including some on the Serif shapes. A few items were printed onto glossy orange items in 1970.

The back stamp does not bear the Portmeirion name but is worked in the oval used by the factory.

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