TEAPOT, CHINESE, FAMILLE ROSE PATTERN
c. 1890Decorated white teapot with an indented lid.
Two strands of wire form the handle which is looped over the body of the pot.
The spout is undecorated except for a green mark.
The motifs on the teapot are of birds, butterflies, flowers and leaves. Colours are green, orange, black, yellow, mauve and blue. The pattern is repeated twice.
Chinese orgin.
a) teapot
b) lid
19th century Chinese import. Would have been part of a set with two matching cups and an insulated wicker basket.
Provenance: Formerly owned by the Misses Harper.
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Karyn Dymond 2018
'This is a Chinese 'thermos'. Chinese miners who came to seek gold in the rushes in Victoria and Western Australia brought them out from China. This teapot would have settled into a wicker basket that usually carried the teapot and two serving cups. Some baskets contained the teapot only. The basket was filled with straw for insulation and then lined with fabric. The metal handles of the pot would have had a thin strip of fabric wound around and around to protect the hands from the heat'.
