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

Coffee Pot

ca. 1770-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot of hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded. With an oviform body with a contracted neck. On one side is a trooper riding a rearing horse, and on the other is a trooper on a white horse leading another horse. Round the neck are looped blue and yellow ribbons. Spout in the form of a sea-monster with a human mask below, and handle in the form of an eel. Spreading foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee pot of hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1770-1775.
Physical description
Coffee pot of hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded. With an oviform body with a contracted neck. On one side is a trooper riding a rearing horse, and on the other is a trooper on a white horse leading another horse. Round the neck are looped blue and yellow ribbons. Spout in the form of a sea-monster with a human mask below, and handle in the form of an eel. Spreading foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A wheel (In underglaze blue)
  • 'N1' (Impressed)
  • 'C' (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1499-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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