Coffee Pot and Cover

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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Artist/Maker	Bow Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Coffee pot of soft-paste porcelain. Cylindrical body with spreading base, the spout moulded in relief with flowers and foliage, scroll handle. Domed lid surmounted by an oval knob with pointed tip. Painted in underglaze blue with landscapes with flowering plants, pavilions and rocks; borders of alternate floral and diaper patterns.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain Drinking Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Object type	Coffee pot and cover
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Coffee Pot Cover
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue Soft Paste Porcelain Cobalt Oxide Painted Glazed Moulded
Brief description	Coffee pot and cover, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, the spout moulded in relief, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, England, ca. 1747-49
Physical description	Coffee pot of soft-paste porcelain. Cylindrical body with spreading base, the spout moulded in relief with flowers and foliage, scroll handle. Domed lid surmounted by an oval knob with pointed tip. Painted in underglaze blue with landscapes with flowering plants, pavilions and rocks; borders of alternate floral and diaper patterns.
Dimensions	Height: 19.7cm Diameter: 11.4cm
Credit line	Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted	Flowers Landscapes Pavilions Rock Foliage Diaper-Work Floral Patterns
Bibliographic references	Watney, Bernard. English blue and white porcelain of the eighteenth century, 2nd ed., London: Faber and Faber, 1973 For this group of wares, see Anton Gabszewicz, 'Bow Porcelain: the Incised 'R' Marked Group and Associated Wares', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 17, part 2 (2000), pp. 275-294, where dated ca. 1747-49
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.634&A-1924

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Record created	May 13, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O231973/coffee-pot-and-bow-porcelain-factory/

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