Not on display

Coffeepot

1825 (marked)
Artist/Maker
Keibel, Johann Wilhelm (maker)
Place of origin
Russia (made)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
On long-term loan to Los Angeles County Museum from 2010.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Object type
Coffeepot
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Gold and ivory
Gold
Ivory
Chasing
Brief description
Russian gold coffee pot that is a part of a tea and coffee service, 8 objects in full service.
Physical description
Small coffee pot with ivory handle. Body and removable lid made entirely of gold with chased decorations across areas.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.7cm
  • Width: 20.9cm
Measured by Issy Warnham 20/12/23
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Object history
Provenance: A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1989
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
On long-term loan to Los Angeles County Museum from 2010.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Chapman, Martin. The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver. Recent Acquisitions 2. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1991, cat. no. R.
  • Postnikova-Losseva, M.M. and N.G. Platonova with B.L. Ulianova. L'Orfèvrerie et la bijouterie au XV-XX ss [Territoire de l'URSS]. Moscow: Edition Nauka 1983, p. 197.
  • Solodkoff, Alexander von. Russian gold and silver. English translation of Russische Goldschmiedekunst, 17.-19. Jahrhundert, by Christopher Holme. London: Trefoil Books, 1981, p. 194. New York edition: Solodkoff, Alexander von. Russian Gold and Silverwork. 17th-19th Century. New York: Rizzoli 1981, p. 194.
  • Kugel advertisment. The Connoisseur. February 1964, p. XXXVII.
  • Williams, Elizabeth A. The Gilbert Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), 2010, fig. 25, p. 50. ISBN 9780875872100
Other numbers
  • SG 274 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • L.2010.9.38.3 - LACMA Loan Number 2010
  • SG 91
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.822:1-2008

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Record createdJune 26, 2008
Record URL
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