Worcester teapot with a Japanese pattern

Teapot and cover. Worcester Porcelain Factory. Giles, James, probably (British porcelain painter, 1718-1780, London). The globular teapot has a curved spout and ribbed loop handle, and a low footring. The slightly domed cover has a flower knob. The sides of the teapot are painted, probably in the atelier of James Giles, with a Japanese pattern, with four upright orange-ground panels with gilt trelliswork, each with a chrysanthemum head mons in reserve, separated by four flower sprays in famille-rose style. The handle and spout have a rococo motif in red. The cover is painted in en suite. Soft-paste porcelain, lead glazed, painted in orange, red, yellow, green, blue and pink enamels, and gilt, height, whole, 14.0 cm, length, whole, 19.3 cm, circa 1765-1768. Japanese Style.

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• Accession Number: C.77 & A-1918
• Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
• Aperture: f/32.0
• Focal length: 120
• Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
• Photographer name: Katie Young
• Image height: 783 pixels
• Image width: 1024 pixels
• Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
• Filesize: 460.89kB
• Exposure time: 1/90
• ISO Speed: 100
• Fnumber: 32/1

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