A white rounded teapot with very delicate spout and handle. Three figures and a fourth on a raised seat in an outdoor scene painted in overglaze. Thick border of gilt around the lid with a flower knob.

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Teapot with Chinoiserie Vignettes Teapot, ca. 1770

This is a teapot. It was style of François Boucher and Jacques-Gabriel Huquier and manufactured by Berlin Porcelain Factory. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

White ribbed silk painted in watercolors and metallic pigment. A Chinoiserie design showing a Chinese astronomer in a garden looking through a telescope; surrounded by a framework of flowering branches, one with a bird.

Textile (France), ca. 1780
silk.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-48-100

Silver-plated bulbous body (a) tapering into elongated spout on one side; opposite spout, long handle composed of two curved, deep purple anodized aluminum elements overlapping and extending outward, joined by two green onyx beads at point of contact with each other. Circular lid (b) with small square knop topped with curved, deep purple anodized aluminum tab handle.

Teapot Teapot, 1988
silver-plated copper, anodized aluminum, onyx.
Purchase in memory of Mildred Rosenberg, Gift of her Family..
1992-33-1-a,b

Pear-shaped, bracket lip, double-curved strap handle. Small flat cover with flower finial. Vignettes of Chinoiserie figures in landscape, with gilded and painted imbricated borders.

Covered Milk Jug with Chinoiserie Vignettes Milk Jug, ca. 1770
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-652-a,b

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Oval, with shaped sides; hinged; lower part decorated with landscape medallions on green field, upper part with flowers on green field. Stopper at top terminates in figure of flying bird.

Vinaigrette (England), ca. 1770
enamel, metal.
Bequest of Katherine Strong Welman.
1908-23-15

Rectangular with rounded shoulders and cylindrical neck. Vignettes of Chinoiserie figures in landscape, with gilded and painted imbricated borders.

Tea Caddy with Chinoiserie Vignettes Tea Caddy, ca. 1770
hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-653

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a,b: overall): 10.6 × 18 × 10.4 cm (4 3/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.) H x diam. (b: lid).: 2.7 × 5.1 cm (1 1/16 in. × 2 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside of teapot: [1] scepter, painted in underglaze blue (Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin mark) [2] "O K", impressed underglaze (faint, partially obscured) No marks on lid.

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Teapot with Chinoiserie Vignettes Teapot, ca. 1770; Manufactured by Berlin Porcelain Factory (Germany); Germany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a,b: overall): 10.6 × 18 × 10.4 cm (4 3/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.) H x diam. (b: lid).: 2.7 × 5.1 cm (1 1/16 in. × 2 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-651-a,b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2C3Zc/
Accession Number 1938-57-651-a,b
Object ID 18350573