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Meissen Teapot and Cover
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1730
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Germany
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Description
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An early Meissen teapot and domed cover, painted in the imari style in underglaze-blue enamels and gilding with the ‘Tischchen’ pattern of flowering plants issuing from a table, the rim of the cover with bands of flower heads, the curved spout emerging from a smiling bearded mask terminal enriched in coloured enamels.
Crossed swords mark.
13.5cm High
17cm Wide
The stripes of light are from the camera, the porcelain is in fine condition.
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Condition
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Tiny chip to end of spout restored
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Literature
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Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 179
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