Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teapot

1710-1712 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot with cover of red brown stoneware. Bullet-shape with short spout, loop handle. Low domed cover with ball knob. Relief-moulded with sprays of flowers, and fungus on cover. Partly cut and wheel-polished. The reliefs enamelled in colours with additional enamelled branches, birds and insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Böttger red stoneware, partly cut and wheel-polished, with relief-moulded decoration and painted in enamels
Brief description
Teapot with cover, Böttger red stoneware, partly cut and wheel-polished, with relief-moulded decoration and painted in enamels, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1710-1712.
Physical description
Teapot with cover of red brown stoneware. Bullet-shape with short spout, loop handle. Low domed cover with ball knob. Relief-moulded with sprays of flowers, and fungus on cover. Partly cut and wheel-polished. The reliefs enamelled in colours with additional enamelled branches, birds and insects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.7cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
A four-character pseudo-Chinese mark (Impressed)
Production
Enamelling attributed to the Dresden Court Enameller Johann Friedrich Meyer.
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, p. 61.
Collection
Accession number
C.1367&A-1924

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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