Chelsea
(England 1744–1769)
- Title
- Teapot and cover
- Year
- circa 1775
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
-
Teapot 10.6 x 15.1 x 9.5 cm; lid 2.4 x 5.2 diam; combined height 11.1 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.130.a-b
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
This piece was probably produced at the Chelsea works after its acquisition by Duesbury. It belongs to a category generally described as ‘Chelsea-Derby’. The turquoise blue ground and monochrome cherubs evoke Vincennes- Sèvres porcelain of 20 years earlier.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 73 (colour illus.). cat.no. 87
