Turkish couple at coffee
Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory|Peter Anton Seefried|Franz Anton Bustelli
ca. 1775–80 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The popularity of tea, coffee, and hot chocolate in eighteenth-century Europe is reflected in the prominence with which these beverages are depicted in porcelain figural groups. In this example, a couple wearing "Turkish dress" is seated in front of a table on which a coffeepot, two cups and saucers, and a pipe are arranged at the center. The Turkish costumes allude to the strong identification of coffee with the Near East, though the miniature coffee vessels used by the couple are European in form and decoration.
- Artist
- Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory|Peter Anton Seefried|Franz Anton Bustelli
- Date
- ca. 1775–80
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- German, Nymphenburg
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
