Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Coffeepot and lid
Object Number:
1957.286ab
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Marks:
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Description:
Pear-shaped porcelain coffeepot with domed lid topped with open flower finial and applied leaves with molded scroll handle; the pot and lid are transfer-printed in blue on both sides with "the fence" pattern; the rims of the lid and the pot are painted with double blue lines; a floral spray is printed in blue on spout; mark in the form of a hatched crescent.
Gallery Label:
This object was made for about 10 years. After the 1770's, the balance of the form was less appealing with a higher domed lid and somewhat taller body. Flower finials appeared after 1770.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
