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Coffee pot: C.69 & A-1961

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Imperial Porcelain Factory

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain coffee pot and cover. With amatory scenes on elaborate mauve, green and gold ground.

Notes

History note: Stephenson Clarke, Croydon Lodge, Surrey; by descent to his son, Louis Colville Gray Clarke

Legal notes

L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960

Measurements and weight

Height: 14 cm
Width: 10.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Vienna ⪼ Austria

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1802

School or Style

Neoclassical

Components of the work

Decoration composed of ground colour gilding enamel

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 26
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: shield with two cross bars
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted underglaze in blue
  • Type: Factory mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.69 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 140347

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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