New for 2025 and commissioned in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the William Morris Gallery, designer Ian McIntyre has created a special limited-edition coffee cup & saucer as part of the gallery's archive collection.
Specialising in utilitarian and functional forms and with a background in product design and applied art, Ian has drawn upon his mix of industrial design and craft skills to produce a contemporary reinterpretation of William Morris’s personal coffee cup and saucer, held within our archives.
It is believed the original Flemish cup on display in the collection was used by Morris at The Grange, the Burne-Jone’s Fulham house, where he kept it especially for his own use when he dined there because he objected to the small size of the Burne-Jone’s coffee cups.
McIntyre has created the new cup & saucer in his East London studio using traditional craft techniques working in terracotta and slip alongside hand decoration.
Forming part of our Archive Collection, where rare objects and designs from the gallery’s archive are skillfully recontextualized with a contemporary lens in small numbers by modern British artisans. Every purchase directly supports the maker & the traditional practice of art and crafts within the UK, alongside supporting William Morris Gallery’s work, helping to fund our education initiatives, conservation efforts and world-class exhibitions.
Order the cup & saucer online, or purchase instore at the Gallery and visit the original cup & saucer (below) in our first floor galleries.
