Teapot and Cover
ca. 1830 (made)
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Object Type
The moulded and applied naturalistic decoration of the three pieces from this tea service are very elaborate, ensuring that they would have been expensive to manufacture and vulnerable to damage during use. They may therefore have been reserved for special occasions and display. Afternoon tea, as a meal in its own right, was introduced towards the end of the 18th century, but only became common in Britain around 1840. The other pieces of the tea service are museum numbers C.511B &C-1935 and C.511D-1935.
Place
The service was made at the Coalport factory in Shropshire, which specialised in elaborately decorated wares in the Rococo revival style used here. The factory was well sited - it had good water communications via the River Severn and was near rich deposits of coal, which provided fuel for the kilns. This part of Shropshire had a long tradition in potting, so skilled workmen would have been available, and there would already have been a network of merchants and ancillary traders in place when the factory was first set up.
Trading
Although some of Coalport's wares were made for a local market, many of the more elaborate wares were sold to large china and glass retailers in London.
The moulded and applied naturalistic decoration of the three pieces from this tea service are very elaborate, ensuring that they would have been expensive to manufacture and vulnerable to damage during use. They may therefore have been reserved for special occasions and display. Afternoon tea, as a meal in its own right, was introduced towards the end of the 18th century, but only became common in Britain around 1840. The other pieces of the tea service are museum numbers C.511B &C-1935 and C.511D-1935.
Place
The service was made at the Coalport factory in Shropshire, which specialised in elaborately decorated wares in the Rococo revival style used here. The factory was well sited - it had good water communications via the River Severn and was near rich deposits of coal, which provided fuel for the kilns. This part of Shropshire had a long tradition in potting, so skilled workmen would have been available, and there would already have been a network of merchants and ancillary traders in place when the factory was first set up.
Trading
Although some of Coalport's wares were made for a local market, many of the more elaborate wares were sold to large china and glass retailers in London.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Teapot and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Coalport porcelain factory, Coalport, ca. 1830. |
| Physical description | Teapot and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Composed of shells and bulrushes, springing from rocky bases picked out in pink, green and gold, and encrusted with sprays of flowers in high relief. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'C D' (Written in underglaze blue) |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
This tea service must have been one of the most exuberant designs ever created in the Rococo Revival style. The teapot is not only decorated with seashells and bullrushes, but even appears to be formed from them, just as sauce boats and tureens were formed of curled 'leaves' by the first Rococo designers working nearly a century earlier.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Part of a tea service C.575 to D-1935. |
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| Summary | Object Type The moulded and applied naturalistic decoration of the three pieces from this tea service are very elaborate, ensuring that they would have been expensive to manufacture and vulnerable to damage during use. They may therefore have been reserved for special occasions and display. Afternoon tea, as a meal in its own right, was introduced towards the end of the 18th century, but only became common in Britain around 1840. The other pieces of the tea service are museum numbers C.511B &C-1935 and C.511D-1935. Place The service was made at the Coalport factory in Shropshire, which specialised in elaborately decorated wares in the Rococo revival style used here. The factory was well sited - it had good water communications via the River Severn and was near rich deposits of coal, which provided fuel for the kilns. This part of Shropshire had a long tradition in potting, so skilled workmen would have been available, and there would already have been a network of merchants and ancillary traders in place when the factory was first set up. Trading Although some of Coalport's wares were made for a local market, many of the more elaborate wares were sold to large china and glass retailers in London. |
| Bibliographic reference | Charleston. R. J. et al. Masterpieces of Western Ceramic Art. Kodansha, 1979. Vol. VII. Pl. 72 |
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| Accession number | C.575&A-1935 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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