Portmeirion Pottery Cypher olive green coffee pot. Susan Williams-Ellis, vintage 1960s/1970s. Retro/vintage kitchenalia, tall tea/coffee pot

A super 1960s vintage Portmeirion Pottery Cypher coffee pot. Pale olive green colouring with a mass of raised textured geometric aztec-like patterns and striped sides. Designed by Susan Williams-Ellis in the early 1960s and produced in to the 1970s, it's an iconic retro design. It is tall and slim and cylinder shaped, lidded and stamped with the logo to the base. I believe these coffee pots with the shorter spouts and exaggerated handles - known as the Serif shape - were a 1963 design.

Tall: 31cm to the top of the lid, and 8.5cm wide. It's in very good condition with no chips or cracks. It does have some slight crazing on close inspection, see photos, but it is generally in very good clean condition. Shiny yellowy pale olive green glaze - not as dark green as many.

Great collector's collectable and displayable condition - more for display than practical use! I do currently have some of the coffee set accessories to go with this, just ask.

Price includes P&P to the UK. UK only due to fragile nature and size, sorry.


Many thanks to the RetroWow blog for the following information:
"The inspiration for Cypher came from ancient Minoan art from Crete. The Serif shape provided an alternative to the attenuated shape of Totem. The style though, was still very much in tune with the 60s' period. Cypher was originally supplied by Susan Williams-Ellis as an exclusive order to a German distributer in the more common olive green colour. Initially UK distributors only sold pewter grey and brown colours. However, the olive green now seems to be the most common colour. As well as pewter grey and brown, there are also white and ice blue variations. Although Cypher is comparatively rare, as it was not as popular as Totem at the time."