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Teapot
Teapot, soft-paste porcelain; ovoid shape with moulded pedestal foot, and high collar with ogee-profile; serpent head spout with fluting at base edged with dentil moulding ; high loop handle with palmette moulding, fluting, and a floret embossed disc; sunken, slightly domed cover with entwined dolphins finial; finely painted with a frieze of wild flowers and strawberries; gilt seaweed border to collar exterior; interior of collar painted with gilt foliate scrolls and wreaths enclosing dark green enamel cinque-foils; gilt detailing to moulding on handle, spout, and finial.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30956
Acquisition
Purchase, 30/6/1937
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12.6
l(cm) handle to spout:13.1
l(cm)
Width
(cm): 8.6
Height
(in): 4
l(in) handle to spout:5 1/8
l(in)
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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