Coffee Pot
ca. 1740 (made)
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Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped, lobed body of oval section, partly gilt and with crimson-purple ornament. Scroll handle and funnel spout. Relief-moulded all over, except for small reserves in Altozier pattern. Remains of an applied-flower knob on cover. Reserves painted with a harbour scenes, and landscapes with elegant figures. Flat base unglazed.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740 |
| Physical description | Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped, lobed body of oval section, partly gilt and with crimson-purple ornament. Scroll handle and funnel spout. Relief-moulded all over, except for small reserves in Altozier pattern. Remains of an applied-flower knob on cover. Reserves painted with a harbour scenes, and landscapes with elegant figures. Flat base unglazed. |
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| Credit line | J. A. Tulk Bequest |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.32&A-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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