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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Coffee Pot and Cover

ca. 1780-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot of soft-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped body with spreading foot, scroll loop handle and domed lid. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue with flowering sprays and diaper borders.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Coffee pot and cover, soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue, England (Liverpool), 1780-90
Physical description
Coffee pot of soft-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped body with spreading foot, scroll loop handle and domed lid. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue with flowering sprays and diaper borders.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 10.89, where dated ca. 1780-90
Collection
Accession number
C.635&A-1924

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Record createdMay 13, 2009
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