Design for a silver teapot with animal motifs

Inventory number: CVH 540/10
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for a silver teapot on a foot, with a pear-shaped middle and a short, straight neck and/or lid, on which there is a swan as the handle; the teapot has a long, narrow spout ending in an animal’s head and a high handle, which has an animal’s head at the place where it touches the pot.

Artist:

anonymous

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Black chalk on paper

Dimensions:

210 x 185 mm

Marks :

Inscription on the bowl and on the base of the teapot.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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