Description:
Chinese export porcelain teapot with cover, part of an assembled 18-piece teaset in pink, brown, orange, red, green, and black, which includes the teapot, canister with cover, cream pot, teapot stand, spoon tray, dish, 7 teacups, and 5 saucers. The globular-shaped teapot is decorated on two sides with a large three-masted, sailing ship with the Union Jack flying on the stern and a pennant flying from the top of the middle mast. This ship decoration is a standard design, possibly derived from a European print, which could be customized with the appropriate flag of any of the Western traders - in this case, for the English. These could then be readily made for the commander or super-cargo of an East Indiaman as a souvenir of a voyage to the East. The shape, which is borrowed from Meissen, is derived from a silver form; and similar teapots, but with a plain spout, date as early as the 1750s. The inset lid has a flattened knop decorated with pink petals and pink and green trelliswork around the edge, the same design that appears around the top edge of the pot.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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