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Teapot

ca. 1710-1713 (made)
Artist/Maker
Meissen Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Meissen (made)

Teapot with cover of red-brown stoneware with lighter and black areas, after a Chinese Yixing model. Hexagonal, tapered toward top. Loop handle with raised scale ornament. Double-curved spout. Lower silver-mounted cover with pointed knob and chain to handle . Almost entirely wheel-polished. Densely wheel-engraved in the style of Bohemian glass engraving with scattered sprigs of flowers and leaves.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Teapot
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Red stoneware (Böttger stoneware), press-moulded, facetted, polished and wheel-engraved
Red Stoneware
Moulded
Polished
Wheel-Engraved
Brief description
Teapot with cover, red stoneware (Böttger stoneware), press-moulded, facetted, polished and wheel-engraved, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1710-1713
Physical description
Teapot with cover of red-brown stoneware with lighter and black areas, after a Chinese Yixing model. Hexagonal, tapered toward top. Loop handle with raised scale ornament. Double-curved spout. Lower silver-mounted cover with pointed knob and chain to handle . Almost entirely wheel-polished. Densely wheel-engraved in the style of Bohemian glass engraving with scattered sprigs of flowers and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 9.8cm (Note: Dimensions taken from Registered Description, converted from inches)
  • Whole diameter: 13cm (Note: Dimensions taken from Registered Description, converted from inches)
Style
Böttger
Credit line
Given by Mrs Greg
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subject depicted
Floral Patterns
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.24&A-1928

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O297726/teapot-meissen-porcelain-factory/
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