Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Teapot and cover

Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, cylindrical body curving at the shoulder, straight silver spout (possibly a later replacement for an original spout), loop handle with moulded leaf at the shoulder, flat cover with mushroom finial; decorated with around the exterior sides of the teapot and the top of the cover sprays of angoulême sprigs in red enamel and in blue, yellow, green and red enamel, blue and gilt striped bands around the foot-rim and upper rim of the teapot and the rim of the cover, the handle and finial picked out in blue and gilt.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 37079

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Paris
Period: 18th century (late)

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 13.8
diam (cm): 10.8
Width (cm): 22.4
Height (in): 5
diam (in): 4
Width (in): 8

Techniques

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

Material

Hard-paste porcelain
Silver

Location

In store
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