Coffee pot and cover, Staffordshire factory

An image of Coffee pot and cover. Unknown Staffordshire factory. The body thrown, with applied moulded handle and spout, and mould applied sprigging. The pot is pear-shaped with a long curved spout moulded with wicker pattern and foliage, and a loop handle. One side is decorated with a mould-applied figure of Britannia with lion and Union Jack shield, on which is the number '45'; on the other side there is a grotesque Chinese figure seated under a parasol. Above both figures there is a flying bird, and below a festoon of mould applied stylized flowers and scrollwork. The domed cover is decorated with a similar bird and flowers, and has an acorn-shaped knob. Red dry-bodied stoneware, circa 1763-1765. Rococo.

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Coffee pot and cover. Unknown Staffordshire factory. The body thrown, with applied moulded handle and spout, and mould applied sprigging. The pot is pear-shaped with a long curved spout moulded with wicker pattern and foliage, and a loop handle. One side is decorated with a mould-applied figure of Britannia with lion and Union Jack shield, on which is the number '45'; on the other side there is a grotesque Chinese figure seated under a parasol. Above both figures there is a flying bird, and below a festoon of mould applied stylized flowers and scrollwork. The domed cover is decorated with a similar bird and flowers, and has an acorn-shaped knob. Red dry-bodied stoneware, circa 1763-1765. Rococo.

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Accession Number: C.463 & A-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 929 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 129.46kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century Artist/Maker Artistic Movement Chinese Style Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Nationalities Object Type Orientalism Other Keywords Predominant Colours Roccoco Rococo Staffordshire Pottery Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd acorn birds chocolate cocoa coffee pot cover dry bodied stoneware festoon floral flowers fruits garlands handled knob lidded mould applied moulded political politician pot pot lid pottery red scrolls scrollwork seeds service ware serving piece spout spouted stoneware swags tableware vessel wicker

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