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Teapot and cover
Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, globular body with an impressed basketwork border around the shoulder, curving spout terminating in the head of a serpent or dog, elaborate wishbone handle, high domed cover with flower finial and an impressed basketwork border around the sides, the cover attached to the teapot by two metal chains running from the finial to the spout and handle; to either side of the teapot and cover a panel painted in red monochrome with putti in landscapes, the panels enclosed by frames of purple and gilt rococo scrolls and surrounded by crudely painted floral sprays in polychrome enamels, the spout and handle picked out in red.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36731
Creation/Production
Kloster-Veilsdorf Porcelain Factory
Date: 1760-1770 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12.4
diam
(cm): 9.8
Width
(cm): 16.9
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
metal
Location
In store
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