Coffeepot with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)
date: label: Date
content: 1870–1900
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763
label: Workshop of
content: Helena Wolfsohn, German, active late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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.
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 Georgiana L. McClellan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-17-46-a,b
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, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a,b: overall): 20.5 × 15 × 10.5 cm (8 1/16 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: pot): 17.5 × 15 × 10.5 cm (6 7/8 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (b: lid): 5 × 7 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/4 in.)