Factory: Barr, Flight and Barr
Soft-paste porcelain coffee can, painted with The Four Elements in a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain coffee can, painted with a deep salmon-pink/orange ground, bat-printed in black, and gilt. The coffee can (L), is of circular shape with waisted base to the sloping sides. It is decorated with a salmon-pink border gilt with a vermicular pattern, and banded in gilt, reserved with octagonal panels containing classical deities representative of The Four Elements, bat-printed in black.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Height: 6.0 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1804
CE
-
1813
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( black, salmon-pink/orange ground)
gold
Rim
Diameter 6.1 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.96L-1918
Primary reference Number: 37303
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 (2024) "Coffee can" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/37303 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:19:58
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/37303
|title=Coffee can
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 22:19:58|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-37303
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...