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Teapot and cover
Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, globular body tapering inwards towards the base, raised lip-rim, curving spout modelled with an animal head at the lip, scroll double loop handle, round flat cover with a pinecone finial to the centre; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to either side of the teapot a scene showing a bird perched on a branch, insects to either side of the scene and floral swags above, further floral swags around the cover, gilt bands around the lip-rim and the rim of the cover, the spout and handle picked out in gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33788
Creation/Production
Nymphenburg State Factory
Date: 1760-1780
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.2
diam
(cm): 9.5
Width
(cm): 15.5
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 6
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
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case A
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