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Coffee pot and cover
Creil pottery factory - Enlarge image
Coffee pot and cover
- Place of origin:
France (made)
Paris (printed) - Date:
1808-1818 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Creil pottery factory (manufacturer)
Stone, Coquerel and Le Gros (printer) - Materials and Techniques:
Creamware (faïence fine), transfer-printed in black
- Credit Line:
Given by Arthur Myers Smith, Esq.
- Museum number:
C.518&A-1920
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 145, case 20, shelf 3 []
Physical description
Baluster-shaped coffee pot with bird's head finial to the spout and loop handle and flat cover with button finial, the body transfer-printed in black with circular medallions with 'Sépulchre de la Famille Metella 15' (tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome) and 'Arc de Septime Severe 12' (Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome), and the front with a cockerell and chicken
Place of Origin
France (made)
Paris (printed)
Date
1808-1818 (made)
Artist/maker
Creil pottery factory (manufacturer)
Stone, Coquerel and Le Gros (printer)
Materials and Techniques
Creamware (faïence fine), transfer-printed in black
Marks and inscriptions
'CREIL' impressed
'2' printed, and 'R' painted on pot and and '9' or '6' printed on cover, all in black
Descriptive line
Creamware coffee pot made at Creil pottery factory 1808-1818 and transfer-printed by Stone, Coquerel and Le Gros
Labels and date
Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The subjects are identified as 'Sépulchre de la Famille Metella 15' (tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome) and 'Arc de Septime Severe 12' (Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome). [07/06/2004]
Subjects depicted
Triumphal arch; Tomb; Cocks (birds); Medallions (ornament areas); Chicken
Categories
Ceramics; Creamware & Pearlware; Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares; Architecture
Collection
Ceramics Collection
