Design for a silver coffeepot with animal motifs

Inventory number: CVH 540/5
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for a silver coffeepot on a foot: the coffeepot is pear-shaped and has a short, straight neck and/or lid, on which there is a swan as a handle; below the jug is a foliage motif. The spout is long, narrow and scaly and ends in an animal’s head. Where the high handle is fixed to the spout is the head of a ram or bull.

Artist:

anonymous

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Black ink on paper

Dimensions:

278 x 235 mm

Marks :

Inscription left next to the neck and centred at the top on the jug.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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