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

Coffee Pot and Cover

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, moulded and reeded


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Coffee pot and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, moulded and reeded, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Coffee pot and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, moulded and reeded
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.3cm
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Bäckle/Bächle, Frankfurt, for 15 shillings in September 1880
Production
Register - the painting on this piece and Sch. I 318-328 appears to be by the same hand. Features are large realistically drawn moths and other insects were a favourite motif of this painter.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London: Faber & Faber, 1948. 110 p.
Other number
Sch. I 317&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:121/&A-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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