Hitkari - Coffee set - Ceramic - Vintage dinnerware for 9

Hitkari brutalist coffee service, 9 cups and 9 saucers, 1970s

Description
This set doesn’t feel like tableware.
This set feels like design.

Sleek cylindrical mugs, graphically cut plates and a bold play between deep black, crisp white and a broad band of reactive speckled glaze in olive and sand tones. This is pure 1970s brutalist aesthetics at the table.

The set was manufactured by Hitkari. The name is printed on the shard and not on a sticker. That indicates factory production from the original period.

Hitkari is a ceramics firm from India that exported internationally in the sixties and seventies. The founder trained in Japan. That influence is immediately evident here. Calm forms, perfect proportions and a strong graphic sensibility, combined with expressive glaze that comes to life in the kiln.

Set consists of
9 coffee cups
9 matching plates

The cups have a sturdy cylindrical shape with a wide lip. The reactive glaze band around the upper edge gives that typical speckled texture that only forms at high temperature. No two cups are identical.

The plates are divided into contrasting black and white with the same speckled band that runs exactly beneath the rim. The whole thing looks almost architectural. This tableware fits perfectly with concrete, walnut wood, steel, and minimalist kitchens with character.

Period
Around 1970 to 1980.

state
The set is in very good vintage condition.
No chips. No cracks. No hairline cracks.
The glaze is fresh and glossy. The light crazing in the speckled band is characteristic of this type of reactive glaze.

If you're reading this and thinking 'it's for me,' then you're in the right place.

Photos are an integral part of the description and provide a complete picture of the condition, details, and character.

Shipping
We package all our items carefully and safely.
We use reused cardboard boxes from local entrepreneurs and tape made from recycled materials. This actively contributes to reuse and a lower environmental impact.
Always insured, shipped with track & trace.

We are Mies & Nuno from Cherry Picking.
We collect what is too beautiful to forget and give it a second life.
Sustainable, stylish, and with a keen eye for detail.
Not perfect, but just right.

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