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Teapot

ca. 1718-ca. 1739 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Globular, on low foot, painted in colours with interlacing India flowers and with green lattice border with reserves of flowers

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot Body
  • Teapot Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware teapot and cover made at Guillibaud's pottery factory, ca. 1718-ca. 1739.
Physical description
Globular, on low foot, painted in colours with interlacing India flowers and with green lattice border with reserves of flowers
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.1cm
  • Depth: 20.3cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
  • Weight: 0.400kg
Marks and inscriptions
'GA' painted in blue (Listed as unidentified marks in Tardy, Poteries Faïences françaises, 2e partie, 1979, p. 1414)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
Label: 'CURIOSITÉS WEINBERG OBJETS D'ART GARANTI Ancien No 1509 34, rue de Provence'
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as Rouen, mid-18th century; labelled as Rouen, c. 1720-40 in 1953; subsequently relabelled as from Guillibaud's factory. For other examples by Guillibaud see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 36.
Collection
Accession number
C.626&A-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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