Portmeirion Where Did You Get That Hat Coffee Set, SM4-HAT4
Portmeirion

A Very Rare Vintage Portmeirion Where Did You Get That Hat Cylinder Coffee Set.

This fantastic coffee set features the rare and collectable Where Did You Get That Hat design. Susan hand picked the sepia pictures for this design and then added the borders. The design looks spectacular on display.

The set has the Where Did You Get That Hat backstamp but this is missing from one saucer. 

Three cups have minor staining outside on the base and there are minor marks inside the three cups. The coffee set does have some age related crazing, please see the photographs.

This coffee set will be supplied with a signed certificate of authenticity by Stephen McKay.

These items are very hard to find and don't come up for sale very often, so please don't miss out on your chance to buy this complete coffee set.

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 

Where did you get that hat?

At the start of a new decade and moving on from her black and white prints, Susan Williams-Ellis decided to produce a range of wares based on sepia photographs from the first part of the century. The images used in 'Where did you get that hat?' comprised of pretty models sporting outrageous and voluminous hats popular in Edwardian times and have an ornate, hand drawn border of stylised pearls around the images printed in sepia on white ware. This range was inspired by a piece of Edwardian sheet music Susan came across with the same title. Produced in the 1970's on the large breakfast cups and saucers, plates, tankards and storage jars, with the coffee sets being rather elusive. The majority of this range got exported to Europe and Scandinavia. Some items can be found with 'Chaumette, Paris' on the back and no Portmeirion backstamp; Chaumette being a French department store. With relatively low production numbers, this range is becoming increasingly desirable for collectors.