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Coffeepot with Chinoiserie Vignettes Coffeepot

This is a coffeepot. It was style of Jacques-Gabriel Huquier and manufactured by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a,b: overall): 23.5 × 14 × 10.5 cm (9 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 18.9 × 14 × 10.5 cm (7 7/16 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4.4 × 7.1 cm (1 3/4 × 2 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside of coffeepot: [1] scepter, painted in underglaze blue (Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin mark) [2] "18K" with dot above the "K", impressed underglaze [3] "437.66a", printed in black ink on paper label No marks on lid.

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Coffeepot with Chinoiserie Vignettes Coffeepot; Manufactured by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin (Germany); Style of Jacques-Gabriel Huquier (French, 1730 - 1805); Germany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a,b: overall): 23.5 × 14 × 10.5 cm (9 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 18.9 × 14 × 10.5 cm (7 7/16 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4.4 × 7.1 cm (1 3/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-650-a,b

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