Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teapot Stand

ca. 1770-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and with enamels, and gilded. Six-lobed. The base is painted with insects and festoons of flowers in pink, red, green, blue and yellow. The inside of the rim is painted with underglaze blue, with marbling and with a scale pattern in gold.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and with enamels, and gilded
Brief description
Teapot stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and with enamels, and gilded, Liverpool, ca. 1770-75
Physical description
Teapot stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and with enamels, and gilded. Six-lobed. The base is painted with insects and festoons of flowers in pink, red, green, blue and yellow. The inside of the rim is painted with underglaze blue, with marbling and with a scale pattern in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.2cm
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 6.61, where dated ca. 1770-78
Collection
Accession number
C.1278-1924

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Record createdJune 10, 2009
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