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Teapot with Chinoiserie Vignettes
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763
- Style of
- Jacques-Gabriel Huquier, French, 1730 - 1805
- François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- A white rounded teapot with very delicate spout and handle. Three figures and a fourth on a raised seat in an outdoor scene painted in overglaze. Thick border of gilt around the lid with a flower knob.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- ca. 1770
- Accession Number
- 1938-57-651-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- teapot
- Type
- teapot
- Medium
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a,b: overall): 10.6 × 18 × 10.4 cm (4 3/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
- H x diam. (b: lid).: 2.7 × 5.1 cm (1 1/16 in. × 2 in.)
- manufactured in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-57-651-a_b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4603fc838-34ec-4432-be8f-791bc5486295
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