POWERHOUSE COLLECTION

Coffee pot and lid by Robert Foster

Object No. 91/1141

Coffee pot and lid, black, orange and magenta, anodised aluminium / delrin, Robert Foster, Australia, 1991

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Summary

Physical Description

Coffee pot of assymetrical form, cylinder curving backwards and flattened towards the mouth; anodised orange finish. Black, anodised handle in the form of a tapered, curved spike, protrudes from front of pot. Opening at top slopes backwards, shaped to form pouring lips at left and right, fitted with cover. Magenta anodised cover is crescent shaped, with corners sut to allow pouring. Cover set with small U shaped knob in black delrin.

DIMENSIONS

Height

270 mm

Width

120 mm

Depth

190 mm

HISTORY

Notes

Displayed in 'Robert Foster- Works in Hollow Ware and Furniture', NOKO The Australian Jewellery Designers Gallery, Bay St, Double Bay. Included in the Powerhouse Museum and Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Contemporary Australian Craft, in Sapporo, Takaoka and Shiga (Japan), 1999.

SOURCE

Credit Line

Purchased 1991

Acquisition Date

6 September 1991

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