Teapot, from a Breakfast Service (Théière; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine)
date: label: Date
content: 1813
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756
label: Painter
content: Pierre Huard, French, active 1811–1847
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Flat-based teapot with curved sides, tall strap handle and curved spout; flat top with circular cover with acorn finial. Cover, hand and spout gilded. Body decorated with roundels painted in polychrome enamels depicting birds, alternating with smaller roundels with butterflies.
place: label: manufactured in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Hickox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-38-2-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: teapot
label: Type
content: teapot
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 18.5 x 19 x 10.5 cm (7 5/16 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)