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Teapot and cover
Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, globular body tapering to the base, curving spout, elaborate scrolled handle, flat cover with the remains of a flower finial; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the body and cover a criss-cross pattern of floral festoons tied by purple ribbons and with two exotic birds perched amongst them, gilt lines around the upper rim of the teapot and the rim of the cover, the spout and handle picked out in puce and gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36744
Creation/Production
Limbach Porcelain Factory
Date: 1775-1785
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.8
diam
(cm): 10.7
Width
(cm): 18.2
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 4
Width
(in): 7
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
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
Location
In store
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