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Teapot and cover
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Teapot and cover
- Place of origin:
Liverpool, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1780 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Seth Pennington's factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
- Museum number:
C.662&A-1935
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case F, shelf 1
Physical description
Teapot and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded.
[Teapot] Teapot with the body moulded in relief on either side, and above is a row of leaves springing from the base, and with panels separated by palm trees. Foliated spout and handle. In each of the panels is an exotic bird perched on a branch. Round the shoulder is a border of flowers and foliage in red. The leaves round the base are painted with green edges and crimson veins.
[Cover] Domed cover with sprays of flowers, and round the edge is a border of flowers and foliage in red.
Place of Origin
Liverpool, England (made)
Date
ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/maker
Seth Pennington's factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Descriptive line
Teapot and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded, Seth Pennington's factory, Liverpool, ca. 1780
Production Note
Examined by Maurice Hillis, November 2009, who considered it a Seth Pennington production of about 1780.
Materials
Soft-paste porcelain; Enamels
Techniques
Painted; Moulded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Birds; Leaves; Foliated; Palm
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
