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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is what a “perfect” example of the coffee pot and lid look like<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
This small porcelain baluster shaped coffee pot with spreading foot was made in England by Worcester during the scratch cross period\u00a0(1753-1755). It is decorated with Chinese figures, a parrot on a stand, furniture, and tea set; my favorite detail. Decorated in England, it copied the\u00a0Mandarin style done\u00a0by the\u00a0Chinese, who themselves adapted\u00a0European decoration for wares exported to North America and Europe.\u00a0Marked on the underside with a scratch line and a painted anchor artist mark, this pot,\u00a0minus\u00a0its original lid, stands 5-3\/4″ \u00a0high.<\/p>\n
Although the fragile and more apt to break\u00a0“S” shaped handle with curled thumb rest remains intact, the original curved spout did not fare so\u00a0well. A silversmith fashioned a fine silver spout with scalloped plate to replace the missing original. I have many examples\u00a0of silver replacement spouts with the same form on pots in my collection, so I imagine this\u00a0must have been\u00a0a popular style used by silversmiths in the 18th and 19th century.<\/p>\n
This is what a “perfect” example of the coffee pot and lid look like<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n