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Sir Terence Conran has described him as 'Britain's greatest post-war product designer'.","physicalDescription":"The teapot is of a truncated pear shape with the top and lid gently dipped.  The tapered spout is slightly curved.  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This teapot, part of a four piece service was also manufactured in silver  where the handles were of black leather.  The Pride service was part of a new and successful departure for Walker and Hall which began in 1956 with the appointment of Peter Inchbald as director in charge of design.  Inchbald, a graduate of the Royal Academy and the Royal College appointed David Mellor as a consultant designer.  This collaboration rapidly bore fruit, In 1956, Walker &amp; Hall launched the Pride cutlery service which won a Design Council Award the following year and this tea service enjoyed similar success in 1959.\n\nHistorical significance: Winner of a CoID Design of the Year award, 1959.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Teapot, `Pride', electroplated nickel silver with nylon details, Sheffield, made by Walker and Hall, 1958, designed by David Mellor OBE, CBE, RDI.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Carol Hogben ed. <u>British Art and Design 1900-1960</u>, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. pp.216-17. ill. 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