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

Teapot and Cover

ca. 1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and with silver mounts.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and with silver mounts
Brief description
Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain and with silver mounts, Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, ca. 1725.
Physical description
Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and with silver mounts.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
Gallery label
Teapot and Cover with silver mounts Porcelain Mark: 'W', incised in the lid ITALY (VENICE, VEZZI); about 1725 C.13&A-1937 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
d'Agliano, Andreina, ed. Porcellane Italiane dalla Collezione Lokar, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2013. Published with dual text in Italian and English. For another teapot of this shape with figurative decoration in puce monochrome, see number 20 catalogued by Luca Melegati, pp48-49.
Collection
Accession number
C.13&A-1937

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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