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Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels, dark lilac lustre, and gilding. The teapot has a pear-shaped body standing on a footring .It has a loop handle with moulded foliage on the upper and lower ends and a curved spout with a grotesque mask in relief at its base.The domed cover has a reel-shaped finial. The end of the spout has a silver-gilt mount and cover, lined to the finial by a chain. On each side there is a cartouche with two rectangular and two curved sides, framed by iron-red, brown and gold scrolls, and small areas of lustre. One is occupied by a landscape with a river, and the other by a landscape with a lake. There are insects in the spaces between the cartouches, and 'Indian' flowers under the spout, down the back of the handle, and on the cover. There are gold bands round the foot and neck of the pot, and a border fo gold scrollwork on the shoulder. The cover has a gold band round the rim, round the finial, and two bands on the finial.
History note: Ralph Bernal Collection; sold Christie's 5 March and subsequent days, 1855, The Celebrated Collection of Works of Art . . . of that distinguished collector, Ralph Bernal, Esq., fourth day, 8 March, lot 420 (?, the only lot coinciding with the appearance of the pot); C.W. Reynolds Collection; sold Christie's 30 May 1871, Pottery and Porcelain, lot 212
Given by Sir Richard Jessel
Height: 12.9 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1972-01-20) by Jessel, Richard, Sir
1720s
Circa
1723
CE
-
1724
CE
Decoration
composed of
lustre
enamel
gold
Spout
Accession number: C.1 & A-1972
Primary reference Number: 140091
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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