Teapot
1723-1724 (made)
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Teapot with cover of hard-paste porcelain. Squat shape, loop handle, strongly curved spout spring from a moulded grotesque mask. Domed cover with top-shaped knobs. Silver gilt mounts. Painted in enamel colours with two Höroldt chinoiseries framed with gilt scrolls, lustre panels and feathery foliage in two tones of iron-red. Handle and spout painted with Indian flowers and insects. Band of gold lace at neck.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with silver-gilt mount |
| Brief description | Teapot and cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, mounted with silver-gilt by Elias Adam at Augsburg, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1723-1724 |
| Physical description | Teapot with cover of hard-paste porcelain. Squat shape, loop handle, strongly curved spout spring from a moulded grotesque mask. Domed cover with top-shaped knobs. Silver gilt mounts. Painted in enamel colours with two Höroldt chinoiseries framed with gilt scrolls, lustre panels and feathery foliage in two tones of iron-red. Handle and spout painted with Indian flowers and insects. Band of gold lace at neck. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs A. Cameron |
| Object history | Part of a tea and coffee service. (C.52 to 56-1909) |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.53&A-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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