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
For #WorldLionDay we’d like to share an object that features beautifully crafted lion masks and paws on each of its feet. Experiencing a revival in popularity during the Regency period, lion masks and paw feet, symbolising courage and power, feature throughout the decorative arts of the period.
This magnificent tea urn is the work of Edward Farrell, a silversmith renowned for producing extravagant sculptural plate often decorated with scenes inspired by 17th century Dutch paintings by David Teniers (1610-1690). It is fantastically chased with scenes of hunting on the front and a battle on the reverse. An urn as fantastically decorated as this one would have been extremely rare, even for a prolific and skilled maker as Farrell, and would have held pride of place in a drawing room as an obvious expression of wealth and taste.
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