Coffee Pot
mid 18th century (made)
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Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Rib-moulded, pear-shaped, funnel-spout, S-handle. Painted in underglaze blue with 'blue-flower' pattern. The glaze has numerous small faults.
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 underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, mid 18th century |
| Physical description | Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Rib-moulded, pear-shaped, funnel-spout, S-handle. Painted in underglaze blue with 'blue-flower' pattern. The glaze has numerous small faults. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Arthur Edward Seawell, Esq. |
| 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. XXXII (c), pp. 100, 168. |
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| Accession number | C.774&A-1917 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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