Portmeirion Tiger Lily Storage Jar, TL10
Portmeirion Pottery

Tiger Lily Storage Jar – Designed by Susan Williams-Ellis

The Design

Own a piece of British design history. This Tiger Lily storage jar features the visionary artwork of Susan Williams-Ellis. Tiger Lily was first launched in the 1960's and is now quite a rare design. 

Product Details

• Brand: Portmeirion

• Designer: Susan Williams-Ellis.

• Pattern: Tiger Lily.

• Dimensions: Approximately 5 in / 12.5 cm tall x 4.25 in / 11 cm diam

• Backstamp: None.

• Origin: Made in Stoke-on-Trent, England

Condition Report

At Purely Portmeirion, we pride ourselves on honest, expert curation. This vintage piece is in Very Good condition.

• Imperfections: No lid.

• Wear: None

• Structural: No chips or cracks unless otherwise noted.(Please refer to our high-resolution photos for a detailed visual inspection.)

Tiger Lily

This was the first, full coloured floral motif designed by Susan Williams-Ellis, and emerged onto the market in 1961. She based the pattern on traditional, narrowboat folk art, enabling her to fully utilise the silk screen printing technique, and was very fond of this pattern all her life. This bright, bold, vibrant design captures the happy, hippy 60's to a tee. Stylised orange and brown lilies and pink roses sit amongst gorgeous, green foliage and were accompanied by either yellow, turquoise or pink banding. Tiger Lily was produced on commercially available white ware shapes and many of the kitchen items were from Kirkham's. Some items had block lettering denoting tea, coffee, sugar, flour etc. Tiger Lily was only produced until the mid 1960's and is a very collectable range.