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Coffee Pot

ca. 1780-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot and cover of soft-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped body with three Chinese figures and a landscape on each side, scallop pattern in blue round the rim and spreading foot with blue marbling and a bluish-green ground. Fluted spout, looped handle and dome shaped cover.

Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and enamels
Brief description
Coffee pot and cover, soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels, Seth Pennington's factory, Liverpool, ca. 1780-1785
Physical description
Coffee pot and cover of soft-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped body with three Chinese figures and a landscape on each side, scallop pattern in blue round the rim and spreading foot with blue marbling and a bluish-green ground. Fluted spout, looped handle and dome shaped cover.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Credit line
Given by Sir Benjamin Faudel-Phillips, Bart.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.592&A-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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