Coffee Can

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee can, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded; cylindrical in shape with a scrolled loop handle moulded in relief; decorated outside with two wide bands of scale-pattern in crimson, edged with gold and enclosed between two narrower bands of green husk-pattern

Object details

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Object type
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; decorated outside with two wide bands of scale-pattern in crimson, edged with gold and enclosed between two narrower bands of green husk-pattern
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross (In overglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of two coffee cups and saucers 414:776/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 773 to C).
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for £30 in November 1870. This was an exceptionally large sum to pay for two coffee cans and saucers.
Other number
Sch. I 773B - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:776/B-1885

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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