Coffee Pot and cover
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
PeriodAugustus II (1694-1733)
Dateca.1715
MediumBöttger red stoneware, silver, and press moulded.
DimensionsOverall: 14.5 x 12.8 cm (5 11/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
MarkingsSilver incised with Johanneum inventory number "N-344"
DescriptionA Böttger brown stoneware square pear-shaped coffee pot and cover. The spout has a dragon's-head terminal and joined to the body with a double scroll. The scroll handle has a band of serrated decoration, and the whole surface lightly polished. It has a contemporary foliate silver rims and a silver chain.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.569a-b
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1710-1715; decoration possibly later
Object number: G83.1.574
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kretzchmar
ca.1714-1720, decoration possibly later
Object number: G83.1.581
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1720; decorated in the Netherlands, ca.1740
Object number: G83.1.820.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1720; later decorated in the Netherlands,
Object number: G83.1.812
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-1730
Object number: G83.1.595.1a-b-2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.621.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1730
Object number: G83.1.600.1-2
