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
Our #techniqueoftheweek is #schwarzlot, a type of enamel work translating to 'black lead', that was a specialism of the hausmaler, or independent painter, Ignaz Preissler. This tea bowl and saucer were bought 'in-the-white' (undecorated) from the Meissen manufactory in around 1730, and decorated with chinoiserie style scenes, the enamel being applied to the surface and scratched off to create the fine detail. Preissler's work was highly celebrated by kings, archbishops, and other members of the nobility, with one Polish count employing Preissler for seven years to decorate a vast quantity of porcelain and glass objects with the schwarzlot technique.
#teahistory #teastories #tea #museum #arthistory #historyoftea #teadrinking #chitracollection #chitrasethia #curator #curation #craftsmanship #chinoiserie #meissen
