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Accession Number: 
1997.86.1
Object type: 
coffe pot
Coffee pot: Accession No. 1997.86.1

This coffee pot was purchased from the pottery of Charles Belfield & Son of Prestonpans around 1930. It was part of a set of tableware used in a Port Seton tea-room catering to coastal visitors.

This coffee pot is of glazed earthenware and has a bulbous body and tapering neck with a short spout. It is coloured in two blues, the change marked by a beaded ring and stipple-textured lower body.
 

Description

Accession Number: 
1997.86.1
Object type: 
coffe pot

Description

glaze royal blue above powder blue and stippled, band of beading at divide, china coffeepot with lid, bulbous, tapering long neck with short spout, loop handle; `PRESTONPANS FIREPROOF` printed on base in blue, cream glazed interior and base

Material: 
ceramic
Material: 
china
Number of objects: 
1
Height (cm): 
19.00
Width (cm): 
19.00
Depth (cm): 
14.00
Date - earliest/single: 
01/01/1930 (All day)
Date - earliest/single certainty: 
circa

Associated

Accession Number: 
1997.86.1
Object type: 
coffe pot
Object production place: 
Associated place: 
Prestonpans * Post Seton

Media

Accession Number: 
1997.86.1
Object type: 
coffe pot
Object has been photographed/scanned: 
Yes
Coffee pot: Accession No. 1997.86.1
Image on SCRAN: 
Yes
SCRAN Link: 
Link To SCRAN Record