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Production: Unknown
Lead glazed earthenware coffee pot and cover. The pot has an elongated and pear shaped form, with a long curved moulded spout and loop handle. Strap handle, with applied reliefs where it joins the body. The domed lid has a flower knob. Both are painted with flowers in red, blue and yellow. Beading at the lip and foot.
Given by A. S. F. Gow
Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1941-11-07) by Gow, A. S. F.
Late 18th century
1750
-
1799
Painting
Lead-glazed
Moulding
Relief
Accession number: EC.34 & A-1941
Primary reference Number: 76951
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Coffee pot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76951 Accessed: 2023-05-31 06:11:05
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Accession Number: EC.13.3 & A-1945
Accession Number: C.1933 & A-1928
Accession Number: EC.38-1943
Accession Number: C.1899-1928
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