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

Coffee Pot

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped with a loop handle touched with turquoise-blue and lip spout picked out in crimson, gilt and turquoise. Painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee pot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, The Hague porcelain factory, The Hague, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Coffee pot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Pear-shaped with a loop handle touched with turquoise-blue and lip spout picked out in crimson, gilt and turquoise. Painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.9cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
A stork (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.3-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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