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Teapot

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1835-1850

GUSN

GUSN-1052

Description

Hand-painted porcelain teapot with gold handle and spout with fan ornamentation, bands of gold around the rim, neck, lid, body, and foot. Deep blue band with gold leaves and scrolls with burgundy flowers on the shoulder and lid. Fan shaped knop on lid. Part of eighty-three piece dinner set.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teapots
glazing (coating)
porcelain
hand-painted
overpainting (technique)
Vessel, Drink Serving
Teapot
Teapot

Label

In exhibition "Yankee Remix" at Mass Mus of Contemporary Art, May 2003-April 2004.

Additional Identification Number

1989.16

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

6 (H), 6 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy H. McGee

Accession Number

1989.16.25AB

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