Teapot
1750-1760 (made)
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This teapot would originally have been part of a matching tea and coffee set. The design of its bird's head spout and wishbone handle were inspired by Chinese porcelain, although the decoration is typically European. The landscape scene within an elaborate frame of flowers, fruits, basketwork and gilded scrolls are in the Rococo style and allow us to date the teapot to about 1750-60.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Teapot and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1750-60 |
| Physical description | Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Inverted globular pear shape, flat bottom and slightly domed lid with bud knob. Scrolled handle with barbs, gaping serpent spout. Painted in enamels with landscapes and peasant on each side, in a rococo cartouche of fruit, flowers, trees, surmounted by trellis arch and basket of flowers. Gilt borders, details. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords, in underglaze blue |
| Credit line | The Bettine, Lady Abingdon Collection. Bequeathed by Mrs T.R.P. Hole |
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| Summary | This teapot would originally have been part of a matching tea and coffee set. The design of its bird's head spout and wishbone handle were inspired by Chinese porcelain, although the decoration is typically European. The landscape scene within an elaborate frame of flowers, fruits, basketwork and gilded scrolls are in the Rococo style and allow us to date the teapot to about 1750-60. |
| Bibliographic reference | Syz, H., J. Jefferson Miller II and R. Rückert, Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington 1979. For shape, see plate 220; for decoration see plate 221, 212. |
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| Accession number | C.241&A-1987 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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