Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Teapot and cover

Unknown (Factory)

Teapot, red-brown earthenware, straight-sided foot-rim, bulbous body sloping inwards at the shoulder, short raised neck, to the front of the body twin plain curving spouts, plain loop handle with raised thumb-spur, round domed cover with knob-shaped finial to the centre and a pierced steam hole to one side, decorated with applied sprigs of white clay with to either side of the exterior body the Royal Arms showing a shield of pretence supported by a lion and a unicorn, a stylized flower head to the body to either side of the hand and stylized flower heads to the base of each spout, a spray of foliage to the body above the spouts; left a red-brown and glazed.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35112

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Yorkshire
Period: 1830 ca

Acquisition

Gift, 4/11/1969

Measurements

Height (cm): 18.3
diam (cm): 15.7
Width (cm): 25.3
Height (in): 7
diam (in): 6
Width (in): 10

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Applied
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Earthenware
Glaze

Location

In store
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