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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

about 1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot and cover in the Neoclassical taste, hard-paste porcelain. Cylindrical body with sloping top and moulded vertical rim, jutting spout moulded and gilded, angular handle. Painted with a landscape in black and brown enamels and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Coffee pot and cover in the Neoclassical taste, hard-paste porcelain, painted with a landscape in black and brown enamels and gold; Germany, Limbach or Illmenau porcelain factory, c. 1790-1800
Physical description
Coffee pot and cover in the Neoclassical taste, hard-paste porcelain. Cylindrical body with sloping top and moulded vertical rim, jutting spout moulded and gilded, angular handle. Painted with a landscape in black and brown enamels and gold.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
  • Height: 16.2cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Sir Benjamin Faudel-Phillips, Bart.
Production
Attributed to Limbach or Illmenau
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.594&A-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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