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Inventory number: CVH 540/5
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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