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Coffee Pot

ca. 1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee or hot water pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped, with funnel spout and S-handle. Domed cover with top-shaped knob. Both pieces painted with continuous large-scale Höroldt chinoiseries on the pot, above a double red line, gold lace ornament around solidly gilt rim and spout, Indian flowers and gold lace on handle.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Coffee pot and cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, painted by Johann Gregorius Höroldt, made at Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730
Physical description
Coffee or hot water pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped, with funnel spout and S-handle. Domed cover with top-shaped knob. Both pieces painted with continuous large-scale Höroldt chinoiseries on the pot, above a double red line, gold lace ornament around solidly gilt rim and spout, Indian flowers and gold lace on handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Large crossed swords at right angles with pommels and curved guards (Factory mark, in blue)
  • A line (Incised)
Object history
Bernal Collection
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1977&A-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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