Coffeepot with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763
- Workshop of
- Helena Wolfsohn, German, active late 19th century
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Pear-shaped body, slightly compressed in lower part. Open spout, triple scrolled handle. Domed cover with pine-cone knob. Unglazed relief lines, forming four compartments. The area between these, and the edge are painted yellow. Polychrome overglaze battle scene, equestrian scene, and flower clusters alternating in panels on pot and cover. Gold edge and scents on spout, handle and knob.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan
- 1870–1900
- Accession Number
- 1953-17-46-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- coffeepot
- Type
- coffeepot
- Medium
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a,b: overall): 20.5 × 15 × 10.5 cm (8 1/16 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
- H x W x D (a: pot): 17.5 × 15 × 10.5 cm (6 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
- H x diam. (b: lid): 5 × 7 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Place
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1953-17-46-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44bf99c88-e0fd-4e4f-a845-bd7df5c6aa9a
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