Teapot

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Teapot

England

Date
c. 1740
Medium
Stoneware
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

This teapot is in the form of a Georgian-style mansion with a mythological dolphin-shaped handle and a Chinoiserie or Asian-inspired dragon spout and lion finial. The object is composed of stoneware that, while in a slip or liquid consistency, was poured into an alabaster or plaster mold in the shape of the teapot. England, Europe

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