Sujet

Rare Chinese coffee-pot, 1845. Creator: John Wykeham Archer.

Légende

Rare Chinese coffee-pot, 1845. Item from the collection of British critic, travel writer and slaveowner William Beckford, who was also an art collector and patron of works of decorative art. After he died, the collection at his home Lansdown Tower just outside Bath was put up for sale. 'The catalogue numbers some 650 lots, including gorgeous furniture, cabinets, paintings, antique gems, coins, agates, mosaic tables, sculpture, Etruscan vases, rare gold Japan, and what is described as "matchless china"...The Chinese Coffee-pot, bamboo pattern, is curious and rare; each reed is perforated entirely'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_290

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,6Mo (2,9Mo) / 32,0cm x 42,0cm / 3777 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual architecture country China Chinese British tea bamboo location Victorian century Britain newspapers press teapot artefact concept artifact coffee pot B&W folly 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper engraving John Wykeham Archer William William Beckford Beckford William Thomas Beckford Archer John Wykeham Beckford's Tower Lansdown Tower