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The Janak plain coffee set

 
 author:    Pavel Janak (1882–1956)  
 date:    1911  
 material:    earthenware  
 technique:    cast, hand-painted, glazed  
 

 cup and saucer  

 dimensions:    cup rim 3 1/2" (9 cm)  
 saucer 5 1/2" (14 cm)  
 overall height 2 2/3" (7 cm)  
 

 sugar bowl  

 dimensions:    rim 4 1/3" (11 cm), height 4 2/3" (12 cm)  
 

 coffee pots  

 large:    rim 4 2/3" (12 cm), height 8 1/3" (21 cm)  
 medium:    rim 4 1/3" (11 cm), height 7" (18 cm)  
 small:    rim 4 1/3" (11 cm), height 6" (15 cm)  
 

With the rims and handles accented in black, the Janák coffee set shows off its 12-faceted design to the full and reveals similarities with the designs of the other major modernist group in the region – the Wiener Werkstatte.


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