Coffee pot
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1800
Materials
Hard paste porcelain, enamel, gold
Place of origin
Meissen
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433525.1
Summary
Coffee pot, from a part tea and coffee service, hard paste porcelain, round, urn-shaped, waisted at the bottom and with a flaring base, the spout and handle with foliate ornament, with a domed lid with a foliate finial, Meissen, Saxony, Germany, Marcolini period (1774–1814), c. 1800, decorated with green enamel stripes edged with gold, with a crossed swords and star mark in underglaze blue.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1984.