Monkey teapot
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
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Monkey teapot
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
The Chitra Collection is an extraordinary private museum of historic teawares. In 2011 Nirmal Sethia, the Chairman of the luxury tea company, Newby Teas, set himself the task of acquiring the world’s greatest collection of teawares to record and preserve tea cultures of the past. Today, the collection, named in honour of his late wife, Chitra, totals almost 2000 objects and is already the world’s finest and most comprehensive collection of its kind.
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Russia, 1896-1908
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Russia, 1896-1908
Bloodstone and gold openwork, Germany, ca.1750
Bloodstone and gold openwork, Germany, ca.1750
Silver and ivory, Paul Storr, England, 1814
Silver and ivory, Paul Storr, England, 1814
The cornflower blue ground of this teapot is a signature of the Sèvres manufactory. Produced in 1785 at the height of the Rococo era, it was possibly gilded by Philippe Parpette and painted by Antoine-Toussaint Cornaille, two of the factory's most accomplished decorators. Cornaille was employed at the factory from 1755-1800, specialising in the painting of flowers and fruit, while Parpette (active 1755-1806) specialised in the precise technique of creating foils for gilt detail. This teapot would have once been part of a 'cabaret' or 'déjeuner' set, a complete service with a matching tray for just one or two people. The form of this teapot is known as 'Calabre', a shape which first came into use at the Vincennes factory and which was named after one of the factory's shareholders, Pierre Calabre.
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