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Coffeepot

Date1755-1770

OriginWales, Pontypool area

MediumJapanned sheet copper, brass finial ("Pontypool")

DimensionsOH: 11"; OW: 8 1/2"; Diam. (top): 3"; Diam. (base): 4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-93

DescriptionCoffee, japanned pot; tall, pearform coffeepot on stepped and molded base; stepped, domed lid with pineapple finial hinged at back; tapering scrolled handle with shaped terminals; shaped and tapering spout; entire pot lacquered red with a gilt chinoiserie scene at center of either side; bands of foliate gilt scrolls around lid, top, base, bottom of spout and at handle ends. Body, foot, spout and lid all made from sheet copper; body and lid tinned on the inside; foot japanned red on underside.Label TextBrightly painted or japanned accessories became increasingly more plentiful from the mid-eighteenth century onward. Emulating more expensive enamels and the colorful glazes and decoration on stylish earthenwares and furniture, these objects were intended mainly for the middle-class market.Inscription(s)NoMark(s)None foundProvenanceVendor: A. F. Smith & Son, Stamford, England