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Coffee pot and cover
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Coffee pot and cover
- Place of origin:
Ansbach, Germany (made)
- Date:
ca. 1770 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Ansbach porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
- Credit Line:
Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Mrs Maude Louise Allen)
- Museum number:
C.103&A-1922
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 20, shelf 2
Physical description
Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with festoons of flowers and with panels of diaper ornament, bordered by rococo scrolls in gold.
[Coffee pot] Coffee pot with a pear-shaped body with a lip moulded in the form of a female mask. Rococo scrolled handle.
[Cover] Cover with a knob in the form of a pear.
Place of Origin
Ansbach, Germany (made)
Date
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/maker
Ansbach porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
'A'
Dimensions
Height: 18.1 cm
Descriptive line
Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Ansbach porcelain factory, Ansbach, ca. 1770.
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Moulded; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Festoons; Scroll; Diaper; Mask; Pear
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
