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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Coffee Pot and Cover

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee-pot and cover of cream-coloured lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel
Brief description
Coffee-pot and cover of cream-coloured lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel, Leeds, ca. 1790.
Physical description
Coffee-pot and cover of cream-coloured lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.1cm
  • Diameter: 13cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Leeds Pottery' (Printed on one side of the pot)
Gallery label
Coffee pot depicting allegories of courtship and marriage Made in Leeds, Yorkshire, about 1790 Inscribed: 'Leeds Pottery' Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration 3564&A-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Towner, Donald. Creamware. London : Faber & Faber, 1978. 151 p,. Pl. 78, and see p. 136.
Collection
Accession number
3564&A-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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