Coffee Pot
ca. 1755-1760 (made)
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Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Rocaille moulded spout. Cover knob modelled as a blossoming flower. The handle at right angles to the spout has a turned wood shaft and rocaille ormolu socket with a gilt chain to the cover. Body and cover painted with bands of purple mosaic ornament framed by yellow rocaille scrolls and with 'Watteau' figures in landscapes; scattered flowers (Manierblumen).
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, handle of ormolu and wood, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1755-60 |
| Physical description | Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Rocaille moulded spout. Cover knob modelled as a blossoming flower. The handle at right angles to the spout has a turned wood shaft and rocaille ormolu socket with a gilt chain to the cover. Body and cover painted with bands of purple mosaic ornament framed by yellow rocaille scrolls and with 'Watteau' figures in landscapes; scattered flowers (Manierblumen). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords (Factory mark, in underglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.993&A-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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