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Teapot

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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0285
Description
Transparent porcelain teapot with cobalt slip near base. Gold lustre and pink enamel over glaze, signed inside lid. Hollow handle, straining holes inside spout. Has been cracked and repair can be seen on inside. Cobalt in dragon design, gold lustre and pink flowers, red and gold butterfly.
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Title
Teapot
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
7.6 x 9.3 x 10.0 cm
Description
Transparent porcelain teapot with cobalt slip near base. Gold lustre and pink enamel over glaze, signed inside lid. Hollow handle, straining holes inside spout. Has been cracked and repair can be seen on inside. Cobalt in dragon design, gold lustre and pink flowers, red and gold butterfly.
Subject
households
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0285
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