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Lot Essay
Described in the factory's inventory of 1711 as a TurkischCoffeKrügel, the present model is also known polished (Christie's, London, 25 November 1991, lot 345) and with gilt lacquer decoration ascribed to the workshop of Martin Schnell. See J. Jefferson Miller, et al. Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 12 for a lacquered example and for a listing of the extant examples, including a lacquer example sold Christie's, London, 3 December 1984, lot 309. This form of coffee pot was made for the Turkish Market, and descriptions of TurckischCoffeKrügel appear in the early inventories of the factory's products. For a similar example without a cover see S. Bursche, Meissen Steinzeug und Porzellan des 18, Jahrhunderts, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, no. 9. For an example in the State Collection, Dresden, with a domed cover and 'black' glaze simulating lacquer with gilt decoration, see D. Syndram and U. Weinhold, ed., Böttger Stoneware, Johann Friedrich Böttger and Treasury Art,, Dresden, 2009, p. 134, III.50, Cat-No. 10. Another black-glazed example was sold Christie's, London, 3 December 1984, lot 309 (with a crescent and pendant), and another unglazed example, it's handle lacking, on 25 November 1991, lot 345.