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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Teapot and Cover

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

A worker defecting from the Meissen factory took the secret of porcelain to Italy in 1720. The Vezzi factory at Venice began to produce novel shapes with imaginative decoration. Such products owed nothing to Chinese prototypes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded with relief
Brief description
Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, ca. 1725.
Physical description
Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels with masquerading ladies, and moulded with relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Diameter: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'VEN:a' (In red)
  • 'A' (Incised)
Gallery label
Teapot and Cover Porcelain Marks: 'VEN:a', in red and 'A' incised on the lid and cover ITALY (VENICE, VEZZI); about 1725 Arthur Hurst Bequest C.I30 & A-1940 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Subjects depicted
Summary
A worker defecting from the Meissen factory took the secret of porcelain to Italy in 1720. The Vezzi factory at Venice began to produce novel shapes with imaginative decoration. Such products owed nothing to Chinese prototypes.
Bibliographic references
  • Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X
  • Jansen, Reinhard (ed.), Commedia dell'arte : Fest der Komödianten : Keramische Kostbarkeiten den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001
Collection
Accession number
C.130&A-1940

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Record createdNovember 26, 2002
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