Coffee Pot
ca. 1720 (made), ca. 1725-1730 (decorated)
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Coffee pot with hinged cover, of hard-paste porcelain, with vine leaves and grapes in relief, gilt and coloured in enamels; the cover mounted in silver-gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain with relief decoration, painted in enamels and gilt, mounted in silver-gilt |
| Brief description | Coffee pot with hinged cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with silver-gilt mount; made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1720, the decoration added in Augsburg, probably in the workshop of Johann Auffenwerth, ca. 1725-30 |
| Physical description | Coffee pot with hinged cover, of hard-paste porcelain, with vine leaves and grapes in relief, gilt and coloured in enamels; the cover mounted in silver-gilt. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The mount bears the Augsburg hall-mark and the mark of the maker Elias Adam (d. 1745) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. IX (c), p. 54. |
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| Accession number | 1956-1855 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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