Coffee Pot and Cover
ca. 1888 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This coffee pot is inspired by a middle-eastern 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 in 1888.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware painted in underglaze decoration |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover earthenware with painted underglaze decoration in the Iznik style, Cantagalli, Florence, about 1888. |
| Physical description | Coffee pot and cover, earthenware painted in underglaze decoration in the Iznik style |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | painted cockerel on base - factory mark (painted on base in underglaze black) |
| Object history | 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. |
| Production | attribution date based on similar coffee pot in collection (1676-1888) which was exhibited at the Italian Exhibition, London, 1888 |
| Summary | This coffee pot is inspired by a middle-eastern 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 in 1888. |
| Associated object | 1676-1888 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Cantagalli Trade Album 1883-1900 (probably from 1895). This shape is no.448. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 288-1892 |
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| Record created | November 24, 2008 |
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