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Coffee pot (Chocolate pot)
1780-1790
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire or Yorkshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (dipped ware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2023.0008.024 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Barbara P. Katz
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Object Number
2023.0008.024 A, B
Object Name
Coffee pot (Chocolate pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire or Yorkshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1780-1790
Materials
- Earthenware (dipped ware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Engine-turned
- Rouletted
- Slip decorated
Dimensions (inches)
10.1 (H) x 8.3 (L) x 4.7 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
25.7 (H) x 21.2 (L) x 12 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Rickard, Jonathan. 2006 Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1939.
• Engine-turned surface-agate decorated, engine-turned coffeepot of similar overal shape and spout to Winterthur's. Similar "tipped acorn knop is like those found in the underwater deposit from the brig Washington off the coast of France." British, c. 1785Book: Rickard, Jonathan. 2006 Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1939.
• Engine-turned surface-agate decorated wares with similar surface and rouletting: pp. 78-81Article: 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.