Medium: Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration
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Dates:ca. 1880
Dimensions: lid: height 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) dia: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm)
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Accession Number: 1993.209.88a-b
Image: CUR.1993.209.88a-b_front.jpg,
Catalogue Description: A rounded tea pot with lid, decorated with transfer-printed polychrome designs of stylized branches and pomegranates on a white ground. At center is an open picture book revealing a scene with two girls sitting on a green pasture, flanked by a Chinese brush and ink landscape on light blue ground and a rounded fan decorated with fish in the Chinese style. The round lid with a small hole and an acorn-shaped knob topped with gold. Gilt lines along handle, spout, rim of pot and lid. Part of a 11-piece tea set. CONDITION: Excellent.