Assembled Miniature Tea and Coffee Set

Staffordshire

1750/60

  • Titles Assembled Miniature Tea and Coffee Set (Descriptive)
  • Artist Staffordshire, England
  • Medium salt-glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions teapot: 3 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (8.9 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm) water kettle: 4 × 2 5/16 × 1 7/8 in. (10.2 × 5.9 × 4.8 cm) coffeepot: 2 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (5.4 × 6 × 6 cm) tea bowl: 1 × 1 5/8 in. (2.5 × 4.1 cm) saucer: 5/8 × 2 7/16 in. (1.6 × 6.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.144.1998.1-.4
  • Work Type tea and coffee set
  • Classification Containers

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