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

Teapot and Cover

ca. 1720-1725 (made), ca. 1720-1730 (enamelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This teapot was made by the Meissen factory but decorated in the distinctive style of Ignaz Preissler, probably the best known of all the independent enamellers of Meissen porcelain.

The teapot's early shape would suggest it was made in 1720-25 . Preissler would have bought it as a plain white piece and decorated it in his own workshop during the decade 1720-30. He used a combination of black (Schwarzlot) and red (Eisenrot) enamels to depict what is thought to be a view of Paris with the towers of Notre Dame viewed across the broad sweep of the river Seine. Preissler would have been copying an engraving which was not necessarily an accurate view of the French capital.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded and painted in enamels
Brief description
Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain decorated by Ignaz Preissler, possibly in Wroclaw or Kronstadt ca. 1720-30, made at the Meissen porcelain factory, ca. 1720-1725.
Physical description
Teapot and cover moulded in hard-paste porcelain painted in red and black enamels.
Dimensions
  • Without cover height: 9cm
  • Width: 16.5cm
  • Of cover height: 4.5cm
Dimensions converted from imperial
Object history
Bought from H.E. Backer
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This teapot was made by the Meissen factory but decorated in the distinctive style of Ignaz Preissler, probably the best known of all the independent enamellers of Meissen porcelain.

The teapot's early shape would suggest it was made in 1720-25 . Preissler would have bought it as a plain white piece and decorated it in his own workshop during the decade 1720-30. He used a combination of black (Schwarzlot) and red (Eisenrot) enamels to depict what is thought to be a view of Paris with the towers of Notre Dame viewed across the broad sweep of the river Seine. Preissler would have been copying an engraving which was not necessarily an accurate view of the French capital.
Bibliographic references
  • Müller-Hofstede, Annedore Der schlesisch-böhmische Hausmaler Ignaz Preissler Keramos 100 (1983) pp. 3-50
  • Cooper, Tarnya, Paper cities: topography and imagination in urban Europe, c.1490-1780, University College London, 2003
Collection
Accession number
C.75&A-1939

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Record createdMay 21, 2003
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