Ribbed coffee pot in white porcelain, of a strikingly unusual shape in comparison to the typical production of the Doccia Manufactory, possibly reproducing baroque pewter models.

It presents a grey-paste body with numerous firing cracks and slightly shiny lead glazing, which has shrunk in various places.
The pouring lip is ledge-shaped, with deep grooves; the very large ear-shaped handle is embellished by a volute modeled to represent an acanthus leaf, which is also extremely large compared to the handle itself.

The body and lid are divided into six equivalent sectors: the lower portion recalls the shape of globular teapots, while the neck is geometrical, rising to a cylindrical shape. The two parts are linked by a suggestion of a wreath of leaves.

The base of the coffee pot, above the foot, is fluted. The lid is dome-shaped, surmounted by a pine cone finial; no safety tongues are present.

Only two other coffee pots are known that present characteristics somewhat reminiscent of this object: a putative firing test, held at the Doccia Porcelain Museum - Ligresti Group in Sesto Fiorentino (Liverani G., 1967, f. 13; and also Romanelli G., 1972, p. 17.), and another forming part of a private collection, displayed at an Exhibition held in Montecatini Terme in 1997 (Mannini M.P., 1997, pp. 20-21).
The present object likewise appears to be strictly experimental: it may have been a test item, and is unlikely to have entered into normal production. [AB]