Teapot
- Object Name:
- Teapot
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.127 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1785-1800
- Description:
- Teapot with Cover. Porcelain, Red enameled painted decorations; cylindrical body, tapered inward at top into neck of 3 1/' diameter. Crossed, strap handle, slightly ribbed, terminating in sprigged antefixes. Curved spout. Disc cover with fruit finial accompanied by relief leafage. Painted polychrome decoration, predominately blue and orange-red. Borders on cover and body composed of dots, lines and trailing designs. Basket of flowers with ribbon handle and dependent tassels as central design, obverse and reverse. Gilding on finial. Matching stand.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-5.4 D-4.9 Dia-4.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
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