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Coffee pot and cover
English
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 21.6 × 18.4 × 11.4 cm (8 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession Number1982.65a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPear-shaped with scroll handle, slightly domed cover with molded flower finial; exotic birds amongst trees and berried foliage in polychrome enamels, gold dentil pattern on rims, gilt on handle, spout and foot rim.
Marks
Unmarked
ProvenanceRobert Drane (b. 1831- d. 1914), Cardiff, Wales; December 12, 1922, Drane sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London; Darcy Edmund Taylor, Bath; April 9, 1957, Taylor sale, Sotheby's London; January 25, 1977, anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, lot 97; Albert Amor, London (dealer); January 26,1977, purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA