Coffee pot
studio of Staffordshire
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1755
Materials
Saltglaze coffee pot
Measurements
220 mm (Height)
Collection
Trelissick, Cornwall
NT 1296224.1
Summary
A Staffordshire saltglaze coffee pot, circa 1755. Of globular form with an elaborately moulded handle and an applied strap handle on a turned foot, brightly painted with a lady playing a mandolin while a gentleman behind her plays the flute, sitting in a riverscape. The reverse painted with a ruined folly.
Provenance
Purchased from William Copeland via Bonhams at 'The Contents of Trelissick House including The Copeland China Collection' auction 23-24th July 2013. Feock, near Truro,Cornwall.
Makers and roles
studio of Staffordshire, manufacturer