Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, inset base within a flattened-off foot-rim, bulbous body tapering inwards towards the base, curving spout moulded to create a branch-like effect, loop handle also with branch-like moulding, round domed cover with to the top a finial with slight pinecone moulding, a pierced steam hole to one side; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior body of the teapot two large sprays and several smaller sprigs of garden flowers, three sprigs of garden flowers to the top of the cover.
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Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Veilsdorf, Thuringia
Period: 1770-1780
Acquisition
Gift, 10/6/1922
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.7
diam
(cm): 11
Width
(cm): 18.1
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 4
Width
(in): 7
Techniques
Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
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Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Hard-paste porcelain
Enamel
Glaze