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

Coffee Pot

1737-1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Meissen Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Meissen (made)

Coffee pot (cover lost) of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped. Lobed in silver style. Richly moulded and scrolled handle. Moulded and fluted funnel spout. Painted in colours with Holzschnittblumen tied in bouquets and 'shadowed' insects. Below lip a band of scrolling foliage with rosettes; on handle gilt lacework. Spout, handle, rim and foot largely gilt, the gold of unusual thickness.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Coffee pot
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Hard Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilt
Brief description
Coffee pot, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1737-1745.
Physical description
Coffee pot (cover lost) of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped. Lobed in silver style. Richly moulded and scrolled handle. Moulded and fluted funnel spout. Painted in colours with Holzschnittblumen tied in bouquets and 'shadowed' insects. Below lip a band of scrolling foliage with rosettes; on handle gilt lacework. Spout, handle, rim and foot largely gilt, the gold of unusual thickness.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with pommels (Factory mark, in blue)
  • A cross with four dots (Impressed, mark of the thrower Andreas Schiefer)
Object history
From Bernal Collection
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Insects
Lace Pattern
Fluted
Flowers
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. XXV (a), p. 98, 167.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1973-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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