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Teapot and cover
Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, ovoid body, curving spout, ear-shaped handle, domed cover with fruit finial; painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior of the teapot and the top of the cover scattered sprays of naturalistic flowers, a gilt dentil border and blue line with flashes of gilt around the rims of the teapot and cover, a further blue line with flashes of gilt around the foot-rim of the teapot, the handle picked out in gilt, the finial completely gilt.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37041
Creation/Production
Sèvres
Date: 1778
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.2
diam
(cm): 9
Width
(cm): 14.6
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
In store
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