Teapot and Cover
ca. 1740-ca. 1750 (made)
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Teapot and cover of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a gourd or vegetable.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | 3376&A-1853 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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