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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 Ms Carol Grigor 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).