Coffee Pot
ca. 1923 (designed), 1949-1962 (made)
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Red earthenware coffee pot, with a white zircon glaze. Slightly flared body, rounded shoulder and base, short spout, high curved handle. Conical lid with flat knop. Shape no. 5468 (Mokkakanne).
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Red earthenware with a white zircon glaze |
| Brief description | Earthenware coffee pot, after a design about 1923 by Otto Lindig, made Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe, Germany, 1949-1962 |
| Physical description | Red earthenware coffee pot, with a white zircon glaze. Slightly flared body, rounded shoulder and base, short spout, high curved handle. Conical lid with flat knop. Shape no. 5468 (Mokkakanne). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Shield, crown, wavy line and 'Karlsruhe 5468' |
| Object history | Shape no. 5468 (Mokkakanne). In production 1949-62. Lindig designed two other sizes of this pot. This small post-war version was adapted by the factory and differs from the orginal design. Formerly in the collection of Mr. Wilhelm Terjung, Director of Karlsruhe factory, 1932-1970, previously Sales Manager under Wolfgang Müller von Baczko probably from the late 1920s. Von Baczko became Director in 1928 and was responsible for contacting Lindig for Bauhaus designs, the copyright of which belonged to Lindig. These Bauhaus designs were for tea, coffee and chocolate only. The original designs came into production at Karlsruhe in 1929, some of them produced until 1962. Information on and dating of all the Karlsruhe pieces has been provided by Peter Schmitt of the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. |
| Production | Based on an original design by Otto Lindig of about 1923. |
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| Accession number | C.254:1 to 2-1993 |
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| Record created | February 16, 1999 |
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