Teapot&Lid
ca. 1750 (made)
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Object Type
The Chinese were the first people to grow and drink tea. Methods of consuming it varied over time, however, and it wasn't until the 16th century that steeping the leaves in a pot became commonplace. In Britain, however, when tea-drinking became fashionable from the late 17th century onwards, the use of teapots was standard. The shape of this teapot is typical of vessels used for both tea and alcohol in 18th-century China. It was the prototype for the archetypal, rounded form of English teapots of this period onwards.
Place
This teapot was made in about 1750 at a kiln in the huge porcelain production centre of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province in central southern China. It was exported to Europe as a blank, undecorated item and was subsequently decorated with a design taken from an early print by the Paris-based designer and painter Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). This was done at a workshop in England, possibly in Birmingham, around 1750-1755.
The Chinese were the first people to grow and drink tea. Methods of consuming it varied over time, however, and it wasn't until the 16th century that steeping the leaves in a pot became commonplace. In Britain, however, when tea-drinking became fashionable from the late 17th century onwards, the use of teapots was standard. The shape of this teapot is typical of vessels used for both tea and alcohol in 18th-century China. It was the prototype for the archetypal, rounded form of English teapots of this period onwards.
Place
This teapot was made in about 1750 at a kiln in the huge porcelain production centre of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province in central southern China. It was exported to Europe as a blank, undecorated item and was subsequently decorated with a design taken from an early print by the Paris-based designer and painter Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). This was done at a workshop in England, possibly in Birmingham, around 1750-1755.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, with transfer-printed decoration |
| Brief description | Teapot and lid, porcelain with transfer-printed decoration, China, Jingdezhen, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), ca.1750, decorated in London |
| Physical description | Teapot and lid of porcelain, white ground with green transfer of two figures in a scene on the body. |
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| Object history | Porcelain produced in China, probably at the Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi province; the transfer-printed decoration added in England |
| Summary | Object Type The Chinese were the first people to grow and drink tea. Methods of consuming it varied over time, however, and it wasn't until the 16th century that steeping the leaves in a pot became commonplace. In Britain, however, when tea-drinking became fashionable from the late 17th century onwards, the use of teapots was standard. The shape of this teapot is typical of vessels used for both tea and alcohol in 18th-century China. It was the prototype for the archetypal, rounded form of English teapots of this period onwards. Place This teapot was made in about 1750 at a kiln in the huge porcelain production centre of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province in central southern China. It was exported to Europe as a blank, undecorated item and was subsequently decorated with a design taken from an early print by the Paris-based designer and painter Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). This was done at a workshop in England, possibly in Birmingham, around 1750-1755. |
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| Accession number | C.74&A-1967 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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