{"id":12894,"date":"2018-05-27T11:04:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=12894"},"modified":"2018-05-27T11:04:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T15:04:26","slug":"yixing-teapot-with-elaborate-silver-repairs-c-1700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=12894","title":{"rendered":"Yixing teapot with elaborate silver repairs, c.1700"},"content":{"rendered":"

This gorgeous rectangular red\/brown\u00a0Yixing pottery teapot was made in China, c.1700. It is decorated with 6 panels of appliqu\u00e9 decoration, including four-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds. It measures\u00a08 inches high, 7 inches wide, 3.75 inches deep.<\/p>\n

Not only is the teapot itself stunning, but the elaborate replacement handle, lid and mounts are a knockout. After the original handle broke off, it was taken to a skilled silversmith who made a\u00a0solid silver replacement stirrup-shaped handle with leaf mounts, along with a\u00a0scalloped rim and base, spout, and a replacement lid with an ivory knob. I especially love the cutout heart at the end of the spout. The hallmark inside of the lid, W.F. over A.F. in a chamfered square, is for Fordham & Faulker (William Charles Fordham & Albert Faulkner), Orchard Works, Orchard Lane, Sheffield, UK. I have yet to research the hallmark but am looking forward to discovering the year the repair was done. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

I purchased this a few months ago from a dealer in the UK who said\u00a0it was once in the private collection of British actress Rita Tushingham (Dr. Zhivago, etc.) Thanks, Rita for having such exquisite taste!<\/p>\n

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This teapot of similar form suggests what the original handle on mine might have looked like.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Woolley & Wallis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This gorgeous rectangular red\/brown\u00a0Yixing pottery teapot was made in China, c.1700. It is decorated with 6 panels of appliqu\u00e9 decoration, including four-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst clouds. It measures\u00a08 inches high, 7 inches wide, 3.75 inches deep. Not only is the teapot itself stunning, but the elaborate replacement handle, lid and mounts are a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,40,77,124,100,17,120,47],"class_list":["post-12894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-chinese","tag-metal-handle","tag-metal-lid","tag-metal-spout","tag-pottery","tag-silver","tag-staplesrivets","tag-yixing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12894"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13221,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12894\/revisions\/13221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}