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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 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot with cover of soft-paste porcelain, pear-shaped with loop handle and domed cover with spherical knob. Painted in underglaze blue with a view of a harbour with sailing ships and shore buildings, supposed to represent Lowestoft, and with detached sprays; similar decoration on the lid.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Coffee pot, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with a landscape including Lowestoft Church, Lowestoft porcelain factory, Suffolk, England, ca. 1765
Physical description
Coffee pot with cover of soft-paste porcelain, pear-shaped with loop handle and domed cover with spherical knob. Painted in underglaze blue with a view of a harbour with sailing ships and shore buildings, supposed to represent Lowestoft, and with detached sprays; similar decoration on the lid.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Diameter: 9.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.61&A-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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