Teapot thumbnail 1
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teapot

ca. 1725-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Squat pear-shaped, S-curved moulded spout and strongly scroll-moulded S-handle. Domed cover with top-shaped knob. Silver-gilt chain from knob to handle. Painted with continuous harbour scenes in iron-red above two red lines and with iron-red Indian flowers on spout and handle. Band of gold lace ornament. Gilt details and rims.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in red enamel and gilt
Brief description
Teapot and cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in red enamel and gilt, probably painted by Christian Friedrich Herold, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1725-30
Physical description
Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Squat pear-shaped, S-curved moulded spout and strongly scroll-moulded S-handle. Domed cover with top-shaped knob. Silver-gilt chain from knob to handle. Painted with continuous harbour scenes in iron-red above two red lines and with iron-red Indian flowers on spout and handle. Band of gold lace ornament. Gilt details and rims.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with pommels (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
  • '1.' (In gold)
  • A line (Incised)
Credit line
Given by Mr F. L. Lucas
Object history
Part of a tea and coffee service (C.69 to 73-1918).
Production
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, 1934, Pl. XXIII (b), pp. 96-97.
Collection
Accession number
C.69&A-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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