Teapot
ca. 1710-1715 (made)
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Johann Friedrich Bottger (1682-1719) discovered an iron-rich clay in Saxony that enabled him to produce a red stoneware. This was of the type made by the Chinese potters at Yixing. Although he was mistaken in his belief that his product was a kind of porcelain, he was able to make great use of his discovery. He cut, polished, wheel-engraved and enamelled the new material. Bottger was the founder of the Meissen porcelain factory.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Böttger red stoneware, with relief moulding, largly wheel-polished |
| Brief description | Red stoneware hexagonal teapot moulded and largely polished on the wheel, probably modelled by Johann Jacob Irminger, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, about 1710-15. |
| Physical description | Teapot with cover of red stoneware. In the form of an eight-side pyramid, with strongly profiled mouldings. Moulded scrolled handle. Curved spout with grotesque bird tip bracketed to an unpolished grimacing mask in relief on the body. Under the handle, an unpolished crowned blank escutcheon. Low domed cover with pointed profiled knob. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A spider (?) (Incised) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Johann Friedrich Bottger (1682-1719) discovered an iron-rich clay in Saxony that enabled him to produce a red stoneware. This was of the type made by the Chinese potters at Yixing. Although he was mistaken in his belief that his product was a kind of porcelain, he was able to make great use of his discovery. He cut, polished, wheel-engraved and enamelled the new material. Bottger was the founder of the Meissen porcelain factory. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.108&A-1940 |
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| Record created | November 28, 2002 |
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