{"id":5723,"date":"2012-08-04T17:20:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T22:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2012-08-04T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T22:20:51","slug":"teapot-with-kingfisher-decoration-c-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=5723","title":{"rendered":"Teapot with kingfisher decoration, c.1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese globular form porcelain teapot with underglaze decoration featuring a kingfisher\u00a0and pink peonies in the\u00a0famille rose palette. This popular form was made for export to North America and Europe in the mid 1700s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5726\" title=\"IMG_8067\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8067.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8067-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8071\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8071.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teapot measures 5-1\/2&#8243; high and 7-3\/4&#8243; wide, from tip of spout to end of handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5727\" title=\"IMG_8068\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8068.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8068.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8068-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the original porcelain loop handle broke off, a tinker formed a replacement using bronze covered in woven rattan. I have many examples of wrapped handles on teapots, each with slight variations. I am researching the different decorative patterns used and hope to identify the distinctions unique to each maker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5728\" title=\"IMG_8070\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8070.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8070-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This globular teapot from the same period shows what the handle on my piece would have looked like before it broke off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teapot6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6321\" title=\"teapot6\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teapot6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teapot6.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teapot6-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveauctioneers.com\">LiveAuctioneers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese globular form porcelain teapot with underglaze decoration featuring a kingfisher\u00a0and pink peonies in the\u00a0famille rose palette. This popular form was made for export to North America and Europe in the mid 1700s. Teapot measures 5-1\/2&#8243; high and 7-3\/4&#8243; wide, from tip of spout to end of handle. After the original porcelain loop handle broke [&hellip;]<\/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":[7,45,40,16,93],"class_list":["post-5723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-chinese","tag-globular","tag-metal-handle","tag-porcelain","tag-rattan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723","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=5723"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6328,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions\/6328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}