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Teapot and cover
Teapot, black basalt, narrow foot-rim, round squat body, shaped raised gallery, plain straight spout with a metal mount fitted to the lip, 'D'-shaped loop handle with a thumb-spur jutting out over the upper terminal, the exterior body moulded to resemble cut bamboo with horizontal staves running around it, round domed cover with reeding radiating out from the centre, to the centre a finial modelled in the form of a reclining spaniel, a pierced steam hole to one side. The rim of the cover chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35938
Creation/Production
Spode
Date: 1810 ca.
Acquisition
Source unknown, 11/3/1970
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12.3
diam
(cm): 14.7
Width
(cm): 24.2
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 5
Width
(in): 9
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
Material
basalt
metal
Location
In store
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