Coffee can
Nymphenburg
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
porcelain painti &gilt
Measurements
54 mm (Height); 56 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Munich
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582001.3
Summary
One of a pair of coffee cans, with saucers, with geometrical handles, being decorated in pale puce. The pieces are painted in imitation of grained wood (decor bois or faux bois) of a pale colour with circular and oval vignettes of garden flowers in reserve, the borders having a blue zig-zag design of red dots between two gold lines. Impressed Rautenschild (shield) mark of Bavaria. This is a cup.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
Base: Small round white sticker with the number 48 wrote in red ink
Makers and roles
Nymphenburg, manufacturer