Coffeepot with Chinoiserie Figures in Landscape

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Inverted pear-shaped body on a high foot. Tube-shaped spout, similar to those found on posset-pots. Loop handle with lower scroll. Decorated in the “bleu-persan” style, with white chinoiserie figures on a cobalt glue ground. Buff clay revealed in chips.
Credit Line
Gift of Catharine Oglesby
1670–1695
Accession Number
1958-119-9
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
coffeepot
Type
coffeepot
Medium
faience
Dimensions
H x diam.: 14.5 × 7.4 cm (5 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
made in
probably London, England
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1958-119-9
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47fa2090b-298e-4a86-8596-ed99aad7bad7

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