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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Posset Pot and Cover

ca. 1690-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular, with two small loop handles; domed cover with flat knob. Painted with Chinese figures, plants and rocks in late Ming style.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Posset Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Posset pot and cover of buff earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours. German, Frankfurt am Main, about 1690-1700.
Physical description
Circular, with two small loop handles; domed cover with flat knob. Painted with Chinese figures, plants and rocks in late Ming style.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Without handles diameter: 17.5cm
Gallery label
Posset pot and cover Made in Frankfurt on Main, Germany late 17th century Tin-glazed earthenware C.82&A-1947 Mellor Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Object history
Originally thought to be English, Lambeth, late 17th century.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Register: Information on C.78-1947.
  • Rackham and Read, English Pottery, 1924
Collection
Accession number
C.82&A-1947

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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