Turkish couple at coffee
Manufactory Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory German
Modeled by Peter Anton Seefried
After two separate models by Franz Anton Bustelli Swiss
Not on view
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.
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