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Coffee pot
(c. 1785)
Medium
stoneware (blue jasper)
Measurements
(a-b) 24.7 × 20.1 × 13.7 (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Norma Deutsher, Governor, 1995
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) impressed in base u.c.: WEDGWOOD
incised in base c.l.: E
Accession Number
1995.459.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Solid blue jasper pot with pear-shaped body set on a socle foot, has loop handle and jug-like spout. Lid has white finial in the form of a seated Cupid. Reliefs on the body show part of 'An Offering to Peace' and 'Charlotte at the tomb of Werther'; designed by Lady Elizabeth Templetown (1747-1823).