Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Teapot

Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, bulbous body tapering towards the basr, curving eight-sided spout terminating in an animal head, scrolled handle with a moulded leaf at the shoulder; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to either side of the body a group of fruit bordered below by rococo scrolls in puce, around the rest of the body the occasional scattered piece of fruit, the spout and handle picked out in puce, a gilt line around the neck.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 36635

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Period: 1760-1770

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 8.4
diam (cm): 10.3
Width (cm): 17
Height (in): 3
diam (in): 4
Width (in): 6

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Hard-paste porcelain

Location

In store
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