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Teapot and cover
Teapot, soft-paste porcelain, inset base, globular body, short cylindrical lip-rim, short hexagonal spout, s-shaped handle, square in section, with grooved sides and a modelled leaf ornament at the shoulder, rounded domed cover fitted with a silver rim and with a button finial to the top, the exterior body of the teapot divided into four panels by pairs of vertical grooves, these panels then ornamented with applied flowering plants, three applied floral sprigs around the top of the cover; left in the white and glazed. The lip of the spout chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35892
Creation/Production
Mennecy-Villeroy Porcelain Factory
Date: 1740-1750
Acquisition
Gift, 3/12/1919
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.1
diam
(cm): 9.5
Width
(cm): 15.2
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
silver
glaze
Location
In store
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