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Teapot and cover
Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim, bulbous body, curving spout, ear-shaped handle with thumb-spur, domed cover with acorn finial; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior of the teapot and the top of the cover scattered floral sprigs including pink roses, around the top of the teapot and the rim of the cover elaborate borders of gilt scrolls with a blue line running through them, a gilt line around the foot-rim of the teapot, a gilt dentil edge to the upper rim of the teapot and the rim of the cover, the spout, handle and finial picked out in gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37073
Creation/Production
La Courtille Porcelain Factory
Date: 18th century (late)
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.2
diam
(cm): 8.1
Width
(cm): 14.8
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 5
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
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case A
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