Teapot
Le Nove
Category
Ceramics
Date
1780 - 1790
Materials
hard paste porcelain
Measurements
33 mm (Height); 36 mm (Diameter)60 mm (Diameter)45 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870980.1
Summary
Le Nove hard paste porcelain teapot of squat pear shape, with a scroll handle. The upper half is decorated with a ribbon intertwined with festoons of flowers below a zone of gilt oeil-de-perdrix pattern.. Marked with a star in gilding.Italian, 1780 - 90
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Makers and roles
Le Nove, potters (?)