Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor
date: label: Date
content: 1725–1735
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Gilder
content: Bartholomäus Seuter, German, 1676 - 1754
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pear-shaped, on rounded flaring circular foot, scrolled handle, simple triangular spout, domed cover with round finial. Solid gilding on foot, handle, spout, edge of mouth and cover, and finial. Engraved gilt chinoiserie decoration of figures, birds and trees, with scrollwork. Cover attached with siver-gilt mounting.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-633
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: coffeepot
label: Type
content: coffeepot
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 20.5 × 14 × 11.5 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)