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1955-76,A&B, Coffeepot
Coffeepot
1955-76,A&B, Coffeepot

Coffeepot

Dateca. 1755
Possibly by 1719-1795
OriginEngland, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Fenton Vivian
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)
DimensionsOH: 6 5/8"; OW: 7 3/8"; Diam: 4 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1955-76,A&B
DescriptionCoffeepot of cylindrical shape with spreading round foot. The top edge with an incised double bead. The S-shaped faceted spout with an animal or dragon-form mouth. Opposite the spout is a C-scroll crabstock handle. The low domed cover with a small projecting flange and a round knop, from which two leaves and a flower, all applied en bas, radiate. The small rectangular foot ring with the center wiped of glaze and with three round stilt marks. Each side of the body with trailing vines with stylized flowers and foliage, applied as en bas sprigs. The flowers reserved of colored glaze; the remainder of the flora washed in green and ochre; the body with a mottled gray ground. The body cream buff.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenancePrior to 1955, with D. M. & P. Manheim (New York, NY). In 1955, purchased from Manheim by Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA) where it remains to the present.