A Böttger baluster black-lacquered stoneware coffee-pot and cover Circa 1715 Painted by a hand very close to Martin Schnell , glazed to simulate Oriental lacquer and decorated in red and pale-orange cold colours and gilding, the body, spout, handle and cover of octagonal section, the spout and handle with four gilded facets, the scroll spout issuing from a sea monster's jaws, the body with a gilt lappet rim above vertical recessed panels within pale-orange ribs, each panel gilt and coloured with Orientals at various pursuits, flowering shrubs, a heron, birds in flight and vases, on a short flared moulded octagonal foot, the underside with a large gilt flowerhead, the domed cover similarly decorated with panels radiating from a knop finial, the panels with gilt flowers and foliage, the interior of the cover gilt (wear to gilding and cold colours, section broken from rim of coffee-pot and repaired, handle broken through and repaired, spout broken through at monster's jaws and repaired, exterior with slight crack or scratch from rim adjacent to small area without glaze, footrim with restoration and a chip, finial restored) 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
A Böttger baluster black-lacquered stoneware coffee-pot and cover Circa 1715 Painted by a hand very close to Martin Schnell , glazed to simulate Oriental lacquer and decorated in red and pale-orange cold colours and gilding, the body, spout, handle and cover of octagonal section, the spout and handle with four gilded facets, the scroll spout issuing from a sea monster's jaws, the body with a gilt lappet rim above vertical recessed panels within pale-orange ribs, each panel gilt and coloured with Orientals at various pursuits, flowering shrubs, a heron, birds in flight and vases, on a short flared moulded octagonal foot, the underside with a large gilt flowerhead, the domed cover similarly decorated with panels radiating from a knop finial, the panels with gilt flowers and foliage, the interior of the cover gilt (wear to gilding and cold colours, section broken from rim of coffee-pot and repaired, handle broken through and repaired, spout broken through at monster's jaws and repaired, exterior with slight crack or scratch from rim adjacent to small area without glaze, footrim with restoration and a chip, finial restored) 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
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