Teapot
ca. 1740 (made)
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Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Inverted pear-shape, acanthus-moulded J-spout and grotesque bird handle. Low cover with knob modelled as a flower. Yellow ground. Two lobed reserves with harbour scenes framed by Baroque scrolling foliage, lattice and palmettes in gold and black. Scattered Holzschnitt blumen reserved in the ground. Gold lace borders at rims.
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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, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740 |
Physical description | Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Inverted pear-shape, acanthus-moulded J-spout and grotesque bird handle. Low cover with knob modelled as a flower. Yellow ground. Two lobed reserves with harbour scenes framed by Baroque scrolling foliage, lattice and palmettes in gold and black. Scattered Holzschnitt blumen reserved in the ground. Gold lace borders at rims. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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Accession number | C.1447&A-1919 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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