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

Coffee Pot

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain, with decoration painted in enamel colours and gilt. Pear-shaped body, rococo handle, beak spout. Landscape showing a man among domestic animals with a ruined tower on a rock in the background.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot Body
  • 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, Höchst porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1770
Physical description
Coffee pot and cover of hard-paste porcelain, with decoration painted in enamel colours and gilt. Pear-shaped body, rococo handle, beak spout. Landscape showing a man among domestic animals with a ruined tower on a rock in the background.
Dimensions
  • With cover height: 22.9cm
  • Diameter: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A wheel surmounted by a crown, in blue
  • 'IN' incised
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.220&A-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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