Tea pot
Category
Stone
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Soapstone
Measurements
137 mm (H)170 mm (D)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651178
Summary
Ornamental tea pot. Translucent soapstone, carved to resemble a tree trunk (branching handle and spout). Beaver form lid.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.