Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
- Gilder
- Bartholomäus Seuter, German, 1676 - 1754
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Pear-shaped, on rounded flaring circular foot, scrolled handle, simple triangular spout, domed cover with round finial. Solid gilding on foot, handle, spout, edge of mouth and cover, and finial. Engraved gilt chinoiserie decoration of figures, birds and trees, with scrollwork. Cover attached with siver-gilt mounting.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- 1725–1735
- Accession Number
- 1938-57-633
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- coffeepot
- Type
- coffeepot
- Medium
- hard paste porcelain, gold
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 20.5 × 14 × 11.5 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Place
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-57-633
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq486d062e7-577e-4a63-bda7-65667e6ddf12
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