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

Coffee Pot and Cover

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

Porcelain coffee pot and cover painted in colour with landscapes within roundels, interspersed with a corn-stem motif. The borders are gilt.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Pot Body
  • Coffee Pot Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain panels, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Porcelain coffee pot and cover, landscape and corn stem motif with gilt on white ground, Paris, ca. 1785
Physical description
Porcelain coffee pot and cover painted in colour with landscapes within roundels, interspersed with a corn-stem motif. The borders are gilt.
Marks and inscriptions
's.' (painted in gold)
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 Probably made at an unidentified Paris factory(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray
Production
Acquired as Souroux, Rue de la Roquette, on the basis of the mark, which was later considered to be a gilder's mark, not a factory mark.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
C.2553&A-1910

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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