Teapot

Artists

Description

Straight-sided oval with beaded borders, on spreading foot pierced with a band of ovolo, engraved with bright-cut and wrigglework borders, floral and bellflower swags and oval cartouches enclosing, on one side, a coat of arms and, on the other, a crest, with scroll spout and wooden loop handle; the slightly domed hinged cover with oval ivory finial with traces of pigment.

Dimensions

14.3 × 24.8 × 10.8 cm (5 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.) 472 g

Provenance

Anonymous gift, 1940.