Tea kettle
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Ceramic, Metal
Measurements
240 mm (H)220 mm (W)
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Greenway, Devon
NT 118670
Summary
Tea kettle - Canton enamel 'Famille-Rose' tea kettle (.1) and stand (.2), 18th century, teapot of globular form painted with peach, peony and other flower sprays between bands of turquoise and pink-ground cloud collars, a movable cane and metal handle, the stand of a ruyi-shaped frieze painted with flower sprays, the centre with a pierced flower-head support. China c 1735 - 40 (Metalware)
Provenance
Ashfield accounts Jan 16 1894 (purchased Nov. 20 1893 'Battersea enamel teapot and stand' and paid for on 16 January 1894 as described in the Ashfield Accounts. Inventory taken just before the house was requisitioned by the American Navy 1942, page 63 listed with china