Turkish couple at coffee, After two separate models by Franz Anton Bustelli, ca. 1775–80


Turkish couple at coffee, ca. 1775–80, German, Nymphenburg, Hard-paste porcelain, 9 × 8 1/4 in. ( × 21 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, After two separate models by Franz Anton Bustelli (Swiss, Locarno ca. 1720–1763 Munich), 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


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