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Teapot: EC.32 & A-1942

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Decorator: Busch, August Otto Ernst von dem

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain, diamond-point engraved and coloured black. The pot has an ovoid body with a harp-shaped handle with two thumb rests and a kick at the bottom, an upward tilting, slightly curved spout with an acanthus leaf on the upper and lower sides, and a monster's eye and mouth at its tip. The circular, slightly domed cover has a knob in the shape of a flower on a stalk with one leaf, and beside it, a ventilation hole. One side of the pot is decorated with a hound running to the left, with a tree and a tree trunk and foliage on the right, and a flowering plant on the left. The other side has a wild boar running to the left, with a flowering plant on the right, and a fir tree and a broken fir trunk on the left. The cover is decorated with a rose, a tulip, and a winged insect.

Notes

History note: Uncertain before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 11 cm
Length: 18.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Meissen ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany
  • Hildesheim ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Circa 1755 CE - 1765 CE

Note

Canon August Otto Ernst von dem Busch (1704-79) executed distinctively etched decoration on porcelain made at the Meissen Porcelain Factory

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of black pigment

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing : Hard-paste porcelain, glazed, etched, and coloured black

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: crossed swords
  • Method of creation: In blue
  • Type: Factory mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.32 & A-1942
Primary reference Number: 140426
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 13 October 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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