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Covered Teapot

Covered Teapot

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Object Name: 
Covered Teapot
Department
European
Category
Baroque
Place Made: 
Europe
Date: 
1750-1799
Color
AAT
white
Technique
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glassblowing
AAT
enameling
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.2 cm; Spout to Handle Diam: 18.3 cm
Accession Number: 
53.3.9
Credit Line: 
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.
Location: 
On Display
Description
Translucent white opal glass with many bubbles; free-blown and enameled, with applied parts. (a) Spherical body with concave bottom and very rough pontil mark, ring base and short flaring rim; loop handle applied to shoulder and bottom and applied S-shaped spout; on the pot flowers and two birds, below rim an ornamental band with lines bordering cross-hatching and blossoms (red, blue), on spout flowers; three metal rings are attached at handle, cover finial and spout, holding two chains. (b) Set-in cover with pear-shaped finial having a crudely finished top; a band of red spots at the rim and a garland of flowers on the top. The colors are: brownish-red (brick red, henna), light pink, light green, pale and dark blue, yellow.
Provenance
Anonymous Source to
German Enameled Glass (1965) illustrated, pp. 150-151, fig. 150; BIB# 18098

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