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Coffeepot

Dateca. 1765

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware / cauliflower ware)

DimensionsOH: 9 5/16"; OL: 8 1/2" (spout to handle); OW: 4 7/8" (body at widest point).

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-146,A&B

DescriptionCoffeepot: The short splayed foot rises to a baluster-shaped body molded as a cauliflower with leaves around the base, handle, spout, and part of lid all painted in green. A two-part scroll handle with thumb rest and lower kick: the top portion of the handle is a modified S-scroll and the lower portion an out-turned C-scroll; the handle is opposite the slighly-curved spout molded with ribs along the length and an acanthus leaf juncture and tip; the spout strainer has 12 holes in a modified diamond pattern. The high-domed lid molded ensuite with the body and topped by a cauliflower floret knop; next to the knop juncture is a steam hole pierced through the cover. The underside of the coffeepot is trimmed revealing concentric lines; the underside of the foot is mainly unglazed with a few drips of green glaze evident.
ProvenanceHistory prior to 1947 unknown. Purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation from John Bell Antiques & Works of Art (Incorporating Robert Lauder) (Aberdeen, Scotland) on August 20, 1947. From 1947 to the present, with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Virginia).