Coffee Pot and Cover
ca.1888 (made)
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This coffee pot is a fusion of middle-eastern and early Italian shape and design. Ulisse Cantagalli (d. 1901) was an Italian potter who worked at Doccia, near Florence, in a factory established in the 15th century, which he inherited in 1878. The company name was Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli and became well-known for its historicist styles, exhibiting at the Italian Exhibition in London ion 1888, where the South Kensington Museum, (later the V&A) purchased this coffee pot.
Most Cantagalli wares are marked on the base with the distinctive symbol of a cockerel.
Most Cantagalli wares are marked on the base with the distinctive symbol of a cockerel.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware painted in lustre |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover, earthenware with blue and yellow lustre painted decoration, Cantagalli, Florence, 1888 |
| Physical description | Earthenware coffee pot and cover painted in lustre in blue and yellow on a white ground |
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| Object history | Exhibited at the Italian Exhibition, London, 1888 where it was purchased by the museum. Exhibited 'Liberty's 1875-1975' as an example of Cantagalli's production, of the type stocked by the London shop, Liberty's. Historical significance: In 1878 Ulisse Cantagalli inherited a factory in Florence and began to trade as Manifattura Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli. His main production was of copies of Italian maiolica, but also of other European and Middle Eastern ceramics. |
| Summary | This coffee pot is a fusion of middle-eastern and early Italian shape and design. Ulisse Cantagalli (d. 1901) was an Italian potter who worked at Doccia, near Florence, in a factory established in the 15th century, which he inherited in 1878. The company name was Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli and became well-known for its historicist styles, exhibiting at the Italian Exhibition in London ion 1888, where the South Kensington Museum, (later the V&A) purchased this coffee pot. Most Cantagalli wares are marked on the base with the distinctive symbol of a cockerel. |
| Associated object | 288-1892 (Version) |
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| Accession number | 1676-1888 |
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| Record created | November 24, 2008 |
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