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Coffee Pot

ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot with cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped. Grotesque bird spout with a grimacing beard mask at its base. Strongly scrolled handle. Domed cover with artichoke knob. Painted in underglaze blue with the 'onion' pattern.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Coffee pot with cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740
Physical description
Coffee pot with cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped. Grotesque bird spout with a grimacing beard mask at its base. Strongly scrolled handle. Domed cover with artichoke knob. Painted in underglaze blue with the 'onion' pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
  • '37' (In underglaze blue)
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. XXXII (b), p. 100.
Collection
Accession number
C.157&A-1928

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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