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Not currently on display at the V&A

Coffee Pot

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee pot with cover, of soft-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped with domed cover, loop handle and spreading foot. Painted with bouquets of roses and other flowers in enamel colours, and rich lacework borders in gold at the top, round the cover and base of the spout.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot Body
  • Coffee Pot Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Coffee pot with cover, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, made in Liverpool, England, about 1755
Physical description
Coffee pot with cover, of soft-paste porcelain. Pear-shaped with domed cover, loop handle and spreading foot. Painted with bouquets of roses and other flowers in enamel colours, and rich lacework borders in gold at the top, round the cover and base of the spout.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm
  • Diameter: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed L's and three dots (In dark blue enamel)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
Lumley (Fisher sale 18/11/1937)
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.121&A-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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