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Teapot

Manufacturer (German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
PeriodAugustus II (1694-1733)
Datec.1730-1735
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.682a-b): 12.7 x 13 cm (5 x 5 1/8 in.)
MarkingsCrossed swords in underglaze blue. Impressed former's mark of Paul Wildenstein (1681-1744)
DescriptionA turquoise-ground teapot and cover of baluster shape, the curved spout rising from a grotesque mask. The cover and body decorated with quatrelobed reserves showing storks behind a pine-branch and other Asian plants.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.682a-b
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
German Porcelain
Status
On view
Teapot painted by J.F.Metzsch (d. 1766)
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1723; decorated in Bayreuth, c.1745
Object number: G83.1.771
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
late 16th-early 17th Century
Object number: G12.16.2
Sugar Box in the Japanese Kakiemon Style
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1732
Object number: G83.1.683a-b
Plate with chinoiserie design
1697
Object number: G83.1.473
Pair of "Turkish" ewers
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1730
Object number: G83.1.603.1a-b -2a-b
Teapot
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1730
Object number: G83.1.829.1-2
Teapot after an Yixing original
c.1874
Object number: G12.16.1a-b
Teapot
Artist / Maker: Seuter Workshop
c.1725-1730
Object number: G83.1.724.1-2
Cabbage-Leaf Jug
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c.1770
Object number: G05.18.45
Teapot with chinoiseries
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1725-1730; decorated in Bayreuth c.1740
Object number: G83.1.749.1-2
Teapot with Commedia dell'Arte Scenes
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1723-1725
Object number: G83.1.658a-b
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1730-1740
Object number: G04.18.6a-b