Coffee Pot
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
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Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped, with S-handle and funnel-spout. Domed cover with ball knob. Painted in Schwarzlot with harbour scenes framed by gilt scrolls and by feathery foliage and panels of scale and lattice ornament, including miniature chinoiseries and landscapes, all in puce, sprays of oriental flowers in puce. Gilt spout, rims and cover knob.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in black and puce enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in black and puce enamels and gilt, the Schwarzlot painting by Christian Friedrich Herold, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730 |
| Physical description | Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped, with S-handle and funnel-spout. Domed cover with ball knob. Painted in Schwarzlot with harbour scenes framed by gilt scrolls and by feathery foliage and panels of scale and lattice ornament, including miniature chinoiseries and landscapes, all in puce, sprays of oriental flowers in puce. Gilt spout, rims and cover knob. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst |
| 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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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. XXIII (a).
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| Accession number | C.118&A-1940 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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