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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teapot and Cover

ca. 1740-ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot and cover of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a gourd or vegetable.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot Body
  • Teapot Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, with applied decoration
Brief description
Teapot and cover in the form of a gourd, possibly made at the Saint-Cloud or Mennecy porcelain factories, France, about 1740s
Physical description
Teapot and cover of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a gourd or vegetable.
Production
Acquired as Doccia. Never reattributed in the register, or relabelled, but exhibited alongside Mennecy. Seen, but not handled by Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé of the Musée National de Céramique, who suggested an attribution to Saint-Cloud.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
3376&A-1853

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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