Object Number: N4953.1

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: teapot & cover

Description: Porcelain teapot and cover. It is a squared octagonal form with sloping shoulders and shaped to a stand-up rim. It has a curving spout and a squared off handle with a double dip on top. It has a moulded flower and scrolls and bows on the sides. It has a domed cover with a rose knop. It is painted in onglaze coloured enamels and gilding with a rose and bluebell on the front, tulip and bluebell on reverse, auriculas inside the handle, pink flowers around the spout; a single rose, a tulip, a bluebell and poppy on the shoulder and a rose, auriculas, a bluebell and poppy on the cover. It has gilt detailing around the rims and shoulder, a line on the foot and rich gilding on the spout, handle and knop. It has a 14-hole strainer.