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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Teapot

ca.1807-ca.1813 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot, porcelain, painted and gilt. The wriggling ground pattern is known as vermiculation and is intended to imitate worm tracks (from the Latin, vermiculatus, full of worms).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted and gilt
Brief description
Teapot, porcelain, painted and gilded, with wriggling ground pattern is known as vermiculation, Barr, Flight and Barr Factory, England (Worcester), about 1807-13
Physical description
Teapot, porcelain, painted and gilt. The wriggling ground pattern is known as vermiculation and is intended to imitate worm tracks (from the Latin, vermiculatus, full of worms).
Object history
The wriggling ground pattern is known as vermiculation and is intended to imitate worm tracks (from the Latin, vermiculatus, full of worms). It was originally used as a finish on stone architecture and spread to ceramics and textiles in the eighteenth century.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.27&A-1964

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Record createdMay 23, 2005
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