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Coffee pot cover: EC.5-1944

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Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Production: Cozzi Porcelain Factory

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain coffee pot with cover, painted with scroll work in iron red. Mask spout. Handled in the form of a vine branch with grapes and leaves applied to the neck of the jug. The body is divided up into irregular panels with wavy red lines.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 20 cm
Width: 15.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1944-07-14) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Production date: circa AD 1770

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel gold

Materials used in production

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain
Glaze

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: anchor
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.5-1944
Primary reference Number: 140441

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 May 2017

Associated departments & institutions

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

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