4327 – Fortune Telling cup and saucer – Brexit
- Physical description:
- ceramic tea cup and saucer with lettering
- Museum classification:
- Divination
- Size:
- 118 x 100 x 50mm cup, 142 x 20mm saucer
- Information:
"Brexit Ware" was created by potter Harriet Coles, following a longheld British tradition of creating humorous political pottery, following the close run result of Brexit - 52% for and 48% against.
Working with Edwards and Lockett, a family run business in Stoke-on-Trent, Harriet created a series of items including egg cups - Breggsit Ware, a Weeping willow plate, and 'The UncertainTea' cup and Saucer, decorated with words such as 'customs union', 'dystopia' and 'NHS'
This cup reads 'see where the tea leaves remain to read the future...'
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- ceramic
- Copyright ownership:
- MWM
"Brexit Ware" was created by potter Harriet Coles, following a longheld British tradition of creating humorous political pottery, following the close run result of Brexit - 52% for and 48% against.
Working with Edwards and Lockett, a family run business in Stoke-on-Trent, Harriet created a series of items including egg cups - Breggsit Ware, a Weeping willow plate, and 'The UncertainTea' cup and Saucer, decorated with words such as 'customs union', 'dystopia' and 'NHS'
This cup reads 'see where the tea leaves remain to read the future...'