Coffee Pot and Cover
1808-1818 (made)
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Baluster-shaped coffee pot with bird's head finial to the spout and loop handle and flat cover with button finial, the body transfer-printed in black with circular medallions with 'Sépulchre de la Famille Metella 15' (tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome) and 'Arc de Septime Severe 12' (Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome), and the front with a cockerell and chicken
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Creamware (faïence fine), transfer-printed in black |
Brief description | Creamware coffee pot made at Creil pottery factory 1808-1818 and transfer-printed by Stone, Coquerel and Le Gros |
Physical description | Baluster-shaped coffee pot with bird's head finial to the spout and loop handle and flat cover with button finial, the body transfer-printed in black with circular medallions with 'Sépulchre de la Famille Metella 15' (tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome) and 'Arc de Septime Severe 12' (Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome), and the front with a cockerell and chicken |
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Credit line | Given by Arthur Myers Smith, Esq. |
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Accession number | C.518&A-1920 |
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Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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