Teapot
1865-1866 (made)
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From a tea service. The body is fluted with twenty chased panels of two alternating designs; one consisting of lozenge and pellet decoration with a single stylised flower where the body begins its outward curve; the other consisting of stylised acanthus motifs and an elongated lozenge and pellet design terminating in a shell at the moulded rim. The lid is fluted and chased with pellet decoration. The cast spout has matted panels some of which contain shell and floral motifs. The handle and finial are wooden replacements for ivory.
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Materials and techniques | Silver, raised and chased, hinged lid, wooden handle, finial possibly made of ebony |
Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1865-66, mark of Robert Garrard II |
Physical description | From a tea service. The body is fluted with twenty chased panels of two alternating designs; one consisting of lozenge and pellet decoration with a single stylised flower where the body begins its outward curve; the other consisting of stylised acanthus motifs and an elongated lozenge and pellet design terminating in a shell at the moulded rim. The lid is fluted and chased with pellet decoration. The cast spout has matted panels some of which contain shell and floral motifs. The handle and finial are wooden replacements for ivory. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Base: maker RG for Robert Garrard, leopard’s head, sterling, duty, date letter gothic K (1865-6), stamped Garrards Panton Street London; under lid: maker, sterling, date; nut: sterling |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs M. B. Dick |
Object history | Acquisition RF: 72 / 3290 Bequest - Mrs M.B. Dick From a tea and coffee service probably of 5 pieces. The style resembles a late Regence design used in the decoration of tea and coffee pots in the late 1730s. There is a nearly identical electroplate teapot (M1303-1854) by Elkington, Mason & Co. bearing the date letter 1852. |
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Accession number | M.348-1975 |
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Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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