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1910

  • Work on this object ended.

1992

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Teapot Teapot

This is a teapot. It was manufactured by Carl Thieme Saxonian Porcelain Company. It is dated late 19th–early 20th century and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman. It is credited Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a,b: overall): 15 × 17.5 × 8.5 cm (5 7/8 × 6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 12.8 × 17.5 × 8.5 cm (5 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4.5 × 7.5 cm (1 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] cursive "PS" interlaced, painted in underglaze blue [2] cursive "Dresden", painted in blue overglaze [3] cursive "Dec 673. / Déposé", painted in blue overglaze [4] "5793", impressed underglaze

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Teapot Teapot; Manufactured by Carl Thieme Saxonian Porcelain Company; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a,b: overall): 15 × 17.5 × 8.5 cm (5 7/8 × 6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 12.8 × 17.5 × 8.5 cm (5 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4.5 × 7.5 cm (1 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.); Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman; 1992-5-64-a,b

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