Coffee Pot
ca. 1770-1775 (made)
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Coffee pot of hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded. With an oviform body with a contracted neck. On one side is a trooper riding a rearing horse, and on the other is a trooper on a white horse leading another horse. Round the neck are looped blue and yellow ribbons. Spout in the form of a sea-monster with a human mask below, and handle in the form of an eel. Spreading foot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee pot of hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1770-1775. |
| Physical description | Coffee pot of hard paste porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded. With an oviform body with a contracted neck. On one side is a trooper riding a rearing horse, and on the other is a trooper on a white horse leading another horse. Round the neck are looped blue and yellow ribbons. Spout in the form of a sea-monster with a human mask below, and handle in the form of an eel. Spreading foot. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
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| Accession number | C.1499-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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