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Teapot and cover
Teapot, caneware, oval form with flat base, straight sides, flat shoulder and slightly raised lip-rim, cannon spout, high ribbed loop handle with foliate moulding at the shoulder and lower terminal, round domed cover with to the centre a 'Widow of Zarapheth' finial surrounded by a band of raised overlapping ovals, a pierced steam hole to one side, decorated with a broad band of engine turning around the lower body of the teapot with four groups of applied classical figures above and a band of raised overlapping ovals around the shoulder, blue enamel lines around the body, shoulder, lip-rim and handle of the teapot and the rim of the cover, the tip of the spout painted blue.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36111
Creation/Production
Mayer, Elijah
Date: 18th century (late)
Acquisition
Purchase, 1902
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12.2
Length
(cm): 19.7
Width
(cm): 9
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 7
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
engine-turned
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
caneware
enamel
Location
In store
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