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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 Can

ca. 1758-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee can of soft-paste porcelain, cylindrical, with loop handle. Painted in underglaze blue with trees and foliage, much blurred.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Coffee can, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Samuel Gilbody's factory, Liverpool, ca. 1758-60
Physical description
Coffee can of soft-paste porcelain, cylindrical, with loop handle. Painted in underglaze blue with trees and foliage, much blurred.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 5.7cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 7.20
Collection
Accession number
C.863-1924

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Record createdMay 26, 2009
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