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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Coffee Pot and Cover

ca. 1745-1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot of soft-paste porcelain. In the form of a truncated cone, with domed lid, scroll handle, and spout moulded in relief with scrollwork picked out in blue. Painted with flowering sprays.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Coffee pot and cover, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, the spout moulded in relief, England, Limehouse, ca. 1745-48
Physical description
Coffee pot of soft-paste porcelain. In the form of a truncated cone, with domed lid, scroll handle, and spout moulded in relief with scrollwork picked out in blue. Painted with flowering sprays.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.638&A-1924

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Record createdMay 13, 2009
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