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
To celebrate #BurnsNight, we are sharing this wonderful four-piece silver tea service by Elkington and Company. Made in Glasgow in 1909, the pieces depict scenes connected to the life of the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), as well as scenes inspired by his poems, while the milk jug features various views of his hometown Alloway, including the cottage where he was born. These scenes are surrounded with chased thistle cartouches, the national flower for Scotland.
I have a collection as such a design but made in pewter inherited from my grandmother and i am 80 ....
Ae fond kiss.
How beautiful this collection is. Robert Burns, quite a character, fathered 12 children apparently. Died so young, aged 37 just read this today. Happy Burns night everyone!