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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teapot

ca. 1765-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot and cover, tin-glazed earthenware, with spout modelled as cockerell's head, and rococo scrollwork handle, both picked out in purple, the body painted with polychrome floral sprays.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot Body
  • Teapot Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Teapot and cover, tin-glazed earthenware, with spout modelled as cockerell's head, the body painted with polychrome floral sprays, possibly Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory or Sceaux pottery factory, France, about 1765-1770
Physical description
Teapot and cover, tin-glazed earthenware, with spout modelled as cockerell's head, and rococo scrollwork handle, both picked out in purple, the body painted with polychrome floral sprays.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Object history
Acquisition type: Bequest
Production
Acquired as Niderviller, c. 1765; illustrated A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 93A as Sceaux c. 1770
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.250&A-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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