{"id":5731,"date":"2011-05-25T09:07:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2012-08-22T21:53:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T02:53:37","slug":"wounded-survivor-teapot-c-1810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=5731","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Wounded survivor&#8221; teapot, c.1810"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do when a staunch survivor of over 200 years and with multiple battle scars exposing its difficult life appears with a fresh wound?\u00a0This teapot arrived from overseas with a shattered handle, much to my dismay. I have often said that there is nothing as redundant as a &#8220;broken&#8221; make-do so I plan on repairing the handle with an inventive repair of my own. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>Lushly decorated porcelain teapot with bun feet and matching stand, made in Derby, England around 1810.\u00a0Teapot measures 6&#8243; tall and 11&#8243; wide from the tip of the spout to the end of the broken handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5733\" title=\"IMG_8072\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8072.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8072.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8072-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hand painted polychrome decoration features a stylized gilt\u00a0cachepot surrounded by elaborate scrollwork, floral flourishes, bunches of grapes and a Greek key border.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5734\" title=\"IMG_8084\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8084.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8084.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8084-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well over 100 years ago, the tip of the damaged spout was fitted with a gilt-finish metal replacement and the neck was repaired with 5 metal staples, overpainted in white enamel to blend in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5735\" title=\"IMG_8082\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8082.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8082-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The matching\u00a0oval tray measures\u00a06-1\/2&#8243; x 8&#8243;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5732\" title=\"IMG_8074\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8074.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8074.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8074-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>with a symmetrical break&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5736\" title=\"IMG_8076\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8076.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8076.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8076-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>held back in place with the aid of 6 metal staples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5737\" title=\"IMG_8077\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8077.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8077.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8077-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marked on the underside with a red crown Derby mark and pattern number &#8220;770&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5738\" title=\"IMG_8079\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8079.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8079.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8079-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do when a staunch survivor of over 200 years and with multiple battle scars exposing its difficult life appears with a fresh wound?\u00a0This teapot arrived from overseas with a shattered handle, much to my dismay. I have often said that there is nothing as redundant as a &#8220;broken&#8221; make-do so I plan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,3],"tags":[19,124,16,120],"class_list":["post-5731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plate","category-teapot","tag-english","tag-metal-spout","tag-porcelain","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731","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=5731"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6553,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731\/revisions\/6553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}