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Teapot
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Teapot
- Place of origin:
China (made)
Birmingham, England (possibly, decorated) - Date:
mid 18th century (made)
ca. 1750-55 (decorated) - Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain with transfer-printed decoration
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Bourne
- Museum number:
C.122-1977
- Gallery location:
On Display
Physical description
Teapot, black transfer-printed decoration washed over green. With straight sides which swell out from the rim to a wide belly and then in sharply to a small foot-ring with a plain loop handle and straight spout; it is decorated on each side with a pastoral scene of a shepherd seated by a tree, watching his sheep. The lid is missing.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Birmingham, England (possibly, decorated)
Date
mid 18th century (made)
ca. 1750-55 (decorated)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain with transfer-printed decoration
Dimensions
Height: 6.4 cm, Diameter: 9.5 cm
Historical context note
This is an example of the earliest type of transfer-printed ware.
Descriptive line
Teapot, porcelain with transfer-printed decoration of a shepherd seated by a tree watching his sheep, Chinese, mid 18th century; transfer-printed decoration possibly added in Birmingham about 1750-55.
Production Note
Transfer-printed decoration possibly added in Birmingham.
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Glazed; Transfer-printed
Subjects depicted
Tree; Sheep; Shepherd; Pastoral
Categories
Porcelain; Household objects; Ceramics; Drinking
Collection code
EAS
