Teapot
Dateca. 1760
OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen
MediumHard-paste porcelain; silver; iron; woven rattan
DimensionsOH: 4 11/16” (including lid); H: 3 3/18” (body only); H: 3 7/16” (top of handle); L: 7 7/16” (handle to spout); OD: 4 1/8” (body).
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2020-62,A&B
DescriptionTeapot: Chinese porcelain teapot of globular shape painted with opaque enamels and bianco sopra bianco decoration; replaced woven rattan handle opposite a replaced silver spout with a stylized heart-shaped escutcheon engraved with a leaf border around the escutcheon and a rose on the spout; an iron ball grate. Married lid probably from a coffeepot.Rumford #277
