Teapot and Cover
ca. 1725 (made)
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A worker defecting from the Meissen factory took the secret of porcelain to Italy in 1720. The Vezzi factory at Venice began to produce novel shapes with imaginative decoration. Such products owed nothing to Chinese prototypes.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded with relief |
| Brief description | Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, ca. 1725. |
| Physical description | Teapot and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels with masquerading ladies, and moulded with relief. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst |
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| Summary | A worker defecting from the Meissen factory took the secret of porcelain to Italy in 1720. The Vezzi factory at Venice began to produce novel shapes with imaginative decoration. Such products owed nothing to Chinese prototypes. |
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| Accession number | C.130&A-1940 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2002 |
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