Coffee Pot and Cover
ca. 1740 (made), ca. 1750 (enamelled)
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Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and slightly gilded, and painted with figures of a shepherd seated near a stream beside a girl who is spinning wool from a distaff, and both are dressed in the costume of the period, and a dog lies at their feet, whilst a tree, a windmill, ruined buildings and groups of sheep surround them.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and slightly gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and slightly gilded, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, ca. 1740, and decorated in the Netherlands, ca. 1750. |
| Physical description | Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and slightly gilded, and painted with figures of a shepherd seated near a stream beside a girl who is spinning wool from a distaff, and both are dressed in the costume of the period, and a dog lies at their feet, whilst a tree, a windmill, ruined buildings and groups of sheep surround them. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Van Gulen, Amsterdam, for £2 10 shillings in November 1876. Acquired as Bow porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 818&A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:102/&A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2009 |
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