Teapot
1809-19 (made)
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Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver-gilt with applied decoration |
| Brief description | Teapot, silver-gilt, Paris, Jacques-Henri Fauconnier, 1809-1819. |
| Physical description | Silver-gilt, the globular body applied with a frieze of cupids engaged in fishing and other activities, the shoulder applied on one side with arms below a gold crown for Fernando VII of Spain and his wife. (Catalogue) |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Arms of Fernando VII (1784-1833), King of Spain and his fourth wife Maria Christina (1806-78), daughter of Francesco I. Provenance: Sale at Sotheby's, lot 244, April 19, 1991. |
| Summary | Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
| Bibliographic reference | Chapman, Martin. The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver. Recent Acquisitions 2. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1991, cat. no. Q. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.996-2008 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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