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Teapot
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1750–60
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2030a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionRound bulbous teapot and cover. Flower finial trimmed in blue. Pot white ground with rustic handle; decorated seascape in background with monuments and groups of figures. Cover has horseman, landscape. Lower portion 3 flower sprays repeated on spout. Some
Marks
Teapot: crossed swords in underglaze blue; impressed 6 or 9; D in gold. Cover: D in gold (abraded)
ProvenanceBy 1944, with Jas. A. Lewis & Son, New York, NY; August 10, 1944, sold by Jas. A. Lewis & Son to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)