Objekt 5
Coffee pot with chinoiseries
Description
Products from cultures that had no direct relationship to coffee also served as models for the exotic design of coffee utensils. Thus, Chinese motifs were used for coffee vessels, although this beverage was rarely enjoyed by the tea-loving Chinese.
Object description
Meissen (porcelain) and Augsburg (mount, goldsmith: Elias Adam), c. 1725 (porcelain), c. 1735 (painting)
Porcelain with onglaze painting; silver, gilded
Gift of Prof. Dr. Hans Rudolf Christen-Züst, Winterthur
Inv. 2012.164.