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Coffeepot with putti on clouds
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Coffeepot with putti on clouds

Ansbach · 1785 · turning; vitrification; paint; relief (sculpture technique); gild; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Coffee pot of porcelain with a pear-shaped body, triangular spout from the neck and C-shaped handle, painted on the glaze in blue, pink, green, yellow and gold. On the belly twice a representation in camaïeu of putti on clouds. One with two putti playing with flowers, the other with a putto holding a dead bird in his hand. Around the representations straw flowers in gold. The spout is modeled at the bottom in a flower, with above it several compartments with a branch. The base of the handle with modeled flowers. The lid with the same decoration with on the rim a twisted band and garlands; lid knob in the form of a flower. Marked on the underside with the stork.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCoffeepot with putti on clouds. 1785. Ansbach. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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