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

Coffee Pot

ca. 1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped with S-handle and sharply-pointed funnel spout. Low cover with cherry knob. Painted with harbour scenes in purple and framed by gilt scrolls enclosing panels of lustre and yellow-green, and iron-red feathery foliage. Spandrels and handle with Indian flowers and insects.


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, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730
Physical description
Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped with S-handle and sharply-pointed funnel spout. Low cover with cherry knob. Painted with harbour scenes in purple and framed by gilt scrolls enclosing panels of lustre and yellow-green, and iron-red feathery foliage. Spandrels and handle with Indian flowers and insects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with pommels (Factory mark, in blue)
  • A line (Incised)
Credit line
Alfred Williams Hearn Bequest
Object history
Part of a tea service (C.98 to 105-1931).
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
Collection
Accession number
C.98&A-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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