Coffee Can
ca. 1780 (made)
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Coffee can, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, cylindrical in shape with a scrolled loop handle moulded in relief with husk-pattern gilt; decorated outside with a row of gilt-edged oval compartments set midway between two horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green; the compartments, the gilt edges of which are delicately tooled, contain single rose-springs pointing alternately upwards and downwards
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee can, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, cylindrical in shape with a scrolled loop handle moulded in relief, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780 |
| Physical description | Coffee can, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, cylindrical in shape with a scrolled loop handle moulded in relief with husk-pattern gilt; decorated outside with a row of gilt-edged oval compartments set midway between two horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green; the compartments, the gilt edges of which are delicately tooled, contain single rose-springs pointing alternately upwards and downwards |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Part of two coffee cans and saucers 414:775/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 772 to C). These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker, Bath, for £24 10 shillings in September 1869. This was an exceptionally large sum of money to pay for two coffee cans and saucers. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 772 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:775-1885 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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