Caption

Teapot with lid, Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique, Meissen (1710–1763); ca. 1750. Porcelain teapot with a spherical belly tapering toward the base and flattened at the top, with a recessed flat lid topped by a pine-cone–shaped handle. Bipartite handle with plastic rocaille, mounted on the belly with volutes. Zoomorphic spout with relief acanthus-leaf motifs and a spout-head with a wide open mouth. Both sides of the body feature cartouche frames showing two purple draperies suspended from the sides by small bouquets of flowers and dry rocailles, topped and bottomed on the symmetry axis by brick-red draperies suspended by plant branches. Within the cartouches are purple camaieu miniature landscapes with architecture: (1) a building with a defensive wall; (2) half-timbered buildings with a tower and a three-span bridge. Small colorful ornamental plant motifs under the handle and spout; two woodcut flowers and two insects on the top of the lid; a small branch with a blue flower on the belly above the spout. Spout, handle, and edges of the lid are gilded. Paint chip near the bouquet of one cartouche. Dimensions: height 10.5 cm; width 19 cm; depth 9.5 cm.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A41_127

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72.6Mb (2.9Mb) / 20.0in x 14.1in / 6000 x 4228 (300dpi)

Keywords

Teapot lid Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique Meissen 1710–1763 ca 1750 Porcelain teapot spherical belly tapering base flattened top recessed flat topped pine-cone–shaped handle Bipartite handle plastic rocaille mounted belly volutes Zoomorphic spout relief acanthus-leaf motifs spout-head wide open mouth sides body feature cartouche frames showing two purple draperies suspended small bouquets flowers dry rocailles bottomed symmetry axis brick-red draperies suspended plant branches Within cartouches purple camaieu miniature landscapes architecture 1 building defensive wall 2 half-timbered buildings tower three-span bridge Small colorful ornamental plant motifs under handle spout two woodcut flowers two insects small branch blue flower Spout edges gilded Paint chip near bouquet cartouche Dimensions height 10.5 cm width 19 cm depth 9.5 cm white porcelain teapot rounded body curved ornate handle spout shaped decorative contours trimmed gold accents small gold-tipped finial attached thin cord front body features painted decorative scene framed draped ribbons floral swags purple pink tones small green leaves red orange flowers additional gold ornamental flourishes painted central vignette includes small building surrounding landscape rendered muted purple visible colors image include white gold pink green orange neutral gray background.