Teapot
workshop of Abraham Seuter
Category
Ceramics
Date
1730
Materials
porcelain and gilt
Measurements
155 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Meissen
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448101
Summary
A grotesque teapot and cover, modelled as a bearded face crouching on a scallop shell base, with helmet, which is surmounted by a frog facing forwards, forming the cover, the spout in the form of a dolphin held between the figure's hands, a male and female satyr forming the handle, the body gilt with figures and palm trees.
Makers and roles
workshop of Abraham Seuter, decorator Johann Gottlieb Kirchner (Merseburg 1706 - Dresden 1768), modeller