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

Coffee Pot

ca. 1765-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Pear-shaped with a moulded foot, double-scroll handle and lip moulded with foliate scrolls picked out in crimson. Painted on the front with a shepherd in a red coat and a shepherdess in a blue dress, reclining under a tree beside a brook. Small detached sprigs of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Coffee pot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Ansbach porcelain factory, Ansbach, ca. 1765-1770.
Physical description
Coffee pot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Pear-shaped with a moulded foot, double-scroll handle and lip moulded with foliate scrolls picked out in crimson. Painted on the front with a shepherd in a red coat and a shepherdess in a blue dress, reclining under a tree beside a brook. Small detached sprigs of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'A' (In blue)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.655-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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