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Teapot
Teapot, black basalt, oval form with flat base and straight sides, flat shoulder and a cylindrical moulded gallery, 'cannon' spout, ear-shaped grooved handle with moulded leaves to the shoulder and lower terminal, engine-turned vertical banding around the lower body, to either side of the body applied groups of animals, to one side a fox running from a lion, to the other side a donkey kicking a fox, a band of moulded foliage around the shoulder. One side of the body broken and repaired, the cover missing.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35937
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century (early) –
Acquisition
Gift, 14/4/1917
Given by F.W. Hermessen
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12
Length
(cm): 21
Width
(cm): 9.3
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 8
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
engine-turned
decoration
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
Material
basalt
Location
In store
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