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

Teapot

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Globular body. Round the top is a ribbon interlaced with a pink garland. On one side is a goat and two sheep in a landscape supported by gilt scrolls, and on the other side is a peasant with a horse and two cattle in a landscape. Several crimson sprigs and gilt scroll handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Teapot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Teapot of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Globular body. Round the top is a ribbon interlaced with a pink garland. On one side is a goat and two sheep in a landscape supported by gilt scrolls, and on the other side is a peasant with a horse and two cattle in a landscape. Several crimson sprigs and gilt scroll handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Diameter: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A wheel under an Electoral Hat (In blue)
  • 'SC / 1' (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1501-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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