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

Coffee Can

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee can; cylindrical cup with ring-shaped handle. Bone-china painted with wheatsheaf borders in gold and iron-red, and marked with the pattern number '174'.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone-china, painted with gold and iron-red
Brief description
Coffee can, cylindrical cup with ring-shaped handle, bone-china painted with wheatsheaf borders, Machin & Co., England (Staffordshire), ca. 1810
Physical description
Coffee can; cylindrical cup with ring-shaped handle. Bone-china painted with wheatsheaf borders in gold and iron-red, and marked with the pattern number '174'.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'174' (Shape registration number; painted; paint)
Credit line
Given by Helen Woolley
Object history
Formerly owned by Arthur Lane, Keeper of Ceramics at the V&A.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.47-2003

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2003
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