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Teapot and cover
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Teapot and cover
- Place of origin:
Plymouth (England), England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1770 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Plymouth Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded, and with silver repair
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:717/&A-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 12, shelf 7
Physical description
Teapot and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
[Teapot] Teapot with a bulbous body, vertically reeded, and with a ribbed loop handle, and curved spout with a silver tip, and on either side of the body are bouquets of flowers, and round the shoulder is a band of interlaced scrolls in gold, and the spout is decorated with gilt scrolled ornament.
[Cover] Domed cover, vertically reeded, and decorated with bouquets of flowers and round the edge is a band of interlaced scrolls in gold, and the knob is in the form of a strawberry with two leaves.
Place of Origin
Plymouth (England), England (made)
Date
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/maker
Plymouth Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain, moulded, painted with enamels and gilded, and with silver repair
Marks and inscriptions
Sign for tin
Dimensions
Height: 14.3 cm, Diameter: 11.1 cm
Object history note
The glaze is discoloured and dotted with black specks.
Descriptive line
Teapot and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770.
Materials
Porcelain; Silver
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Leaves; Strawberry
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
