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Tea Caddy
De Metaale Pot (The Metal Pot) Factory Delft, Netherlands, 1670-1775 Lambertus van Eenhoorn Dutch, active 1691-1721

Plate
De Metaale Pot (The Metal Pot) Factory Delft, the Netherlands, 1670-1775

Bust of a Man
Probably De Metalle Pot (The Metal Pot) Factory Delft, the Netherlands, 1670–1775

Carbon Chair
Bertjan Pot (Dutch, born 1975) Marcel Wanders (Dutch, born 1963) Manufactured by Moooi (Dutch, founded 2001)

Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

Melon-Shaped Water Pot
China

Chocolate Pot
England, Staffordshire

Fish (Still Life)
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)

Coffee Pot
Ansbach Pottery and Porcelain Factory, decorated in the Hague German, c. 1708-1839

Punch Pot
England, Staffordshire

Crocus Pot
Wedgwood Manufactory England, founded 1759

The Rommel-Pot Player
Workshop of Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582–1666)

Coffee Pot with Lid
Artist unknown (Chinese, made for the American market) China

Deep Pot
Japan

Coffee Pot
Bow Porcelain Factory London, England, 1744-1775

Coffee Pot
Design attributed to Charles Osborne (American, 1847–1920) Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837) New York

Little Girl with Pot
Louis Auguste Lepère French, 1849-1918

Woman Looking For Fleas
Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, 1665–1747)

Coffee Pot
Designed by Charles Robert Ashbee English, 1863-1942 Made by the Guild of Handicraft Ltd. England, 1888-1908 London, England

Plate from the Duke of Clarence Service
Worcester Porcelain Factory (Flight Period, 1783-1792) Worcester, England, founded 1751