Teapot

Object Name:

Teapot

Object ID:

1971.030.01 a-b

Creator:

Meissen Porcelain Factory -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Meissen, Saxony, Germany

Date:

circa 1793

Description:

Teapot with cover. Hard-paste porcelain. Cylindrical body with a double gold trailing vine band of gilt vine on white around the top, above a yellow band around the body. Gold vine band on a sloping shoulder; straight neck of with two gold bands, and gold band at base. Long curved spout with gold vine and floral decoration; C-shaped handle with gold decorations. Yellow cover with gold band on rim and gold knob finial.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-6.2 W-8.1 Dia-4.5 inches

Provenance:

"The yellow china was given to my great-grandmother Eleanor Ann Sewall (Mrs. William Page) as a wedding present in the year 1793 by Mr. Thomas Wood an English gentleman. It cost $75 was made in Dresden Saxony is of imperial yellow color, and has a narrow gilt vine running in a band around the edge. It was a full tea set, but many of the pieces also broken before it came into the possession of Sallie H. Potts great-granddaughter of Eleanor Ann Sewall 1st wife of Mr. Wm Page of Philadelphia."

Credit Line:

Gift of Dana P. Vaughan

People:

Wood, Thomas, Page, William (1770-1839), Page, Eleanor Ann (1769-1811), Potts, Sallie H. (1846-1918), Vaughan, Dana Prescott (1898-1983)

Subjects:

Weddings