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Coffee pot
1785-1795
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
Museum Object Number
2011.0031.002 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of the Estate of William Lehman Guyton
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Object Number
2011.0031.002 A, B
Object Name
Coffee pot
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1785-1795
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: The underside bears the handwritten inscription in yellow crayon/pencil "#11B" and another in white pencil "23136A."
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
Techniques
- Thrown
- Press-molded
- Engine-turned
Dimensions (inches)
10.63 (H) x 9.331 (L) x 5.236 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
27 (H) x 23.7 (L) x 13.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Griffin, John D. 2005 The Leeds Pottery: 1770- 1778. 1.
• Leeds Pottery, Yorkshire basalt coffee pots (different forms) with engine-turned ornament: pp. 258-59Article: Rickard, Jonathan & Carpentier, Donald. 2004 "The Little Engine that Could: Adaptation of the Engine-Turning Lathe in the Pottery Industry". Ceramics in America. 78-99.
• Engine-turning, rouletting and history for dipped and other English ceramics: whole article.