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Coffeepot with birds in a landscape
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Coffeepot with birds in a landscape

Ansbach · c. 1765 · turning; vitrification; paint; 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 on spreading feet with a pear-shaped body, triangular spout emerging from the neck, and a curled handle in the form of a leafy vine. Painted on the glaze in enamel colors and gold. On the body, three birds in a landscape, two sitting on a branch and one on the ground. On either side of this, a bouquet and wildflowers. On the rim, a band with lacework, beneath which gold vines. The spout is modeled as an angel's head with wings. The curled handle is gilded and ends in a palmette. The lid with wildflowers has the same band with lacework; finial in the form of a fruit branch (pear). Marked on the underside with the A, I, and 4.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineCoffeepot with birds in a landscape. c. 1765. Ansbach. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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