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A BOTTGER BROWN STONEWARE BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER
Lot 28THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A BOTTGER BROWN STONEWARE BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER

CIRCA 1715

Closed31 March 2008

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GBP 34,100

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A BOTTGER BROWN STONEWARE BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CIRCA 1715
Modelled by Johann Jakob Irminger, of square section, the scroll handle with channelled sides and studded exterior, the curved square section spout issuing from a monster's jaws, a double-scroll support above, on a square stepped foot, the stepped domed cover with rectangular knop finial (small section broken from rim and repaired, very small section of scroll support restuck, minute chip to tip of spout)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Specialist note

See Malcolm Gutter, 'Through the Looking Glass: Viewing Böttger and other Red Stoneware' Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz, December 2001, nr. 114, pl. 2 for a coffee-pot of similar form but with an unpolished surface. The surface of the present lot, which has a rather satin like appearance, could have been sponged with an experimental glaze or lacquer trial.