coffee pot



coffee pot

Summary

Public: Miniature coffee pot, white salt-glazed stoneware, painted in overglaze enamels with scattered flowers. Private: Tall cylindrical coffee pot tapering upward from wide circular base, with short tapering spout and lateral loop handle with single notch in thumb rest and pinched spur at lower terminal. Body painted in pink, blue, yellow, green, white and red overglaze enamels with flowering stems. Flattened circular cover (finial missing) with small pierced hole to one side, painted with scattered flowers.


Object Name

coffee pot

Date Created

c 1750=1770

Dimensions

without cover: 5.5cm
with cover: 6cm
handle to spout: 6.2cm

accession number

1923.569

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

Legal

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