{"id":813,"date":"2010-03-22T11:01:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T16:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=813"},"modified":"2011-02-13T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:10:42","slug":"triple-repair-famille-rose-teapot-c-1770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":"Triple repair famille rose teapot, c.1770"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love a piece with more than one repair and this great example delivers three times over! A much loved and repaired Chinese porcelain globular teapot from the late eighteenth century has survived over 240 years, more or less intact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_16941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4747\" title=\"IMG_1694\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_16941.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_16941.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_16941-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A detail of the floral decoration, painted in polychrome enamels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5290\" title=\"IMG_7095\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7095.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7095-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teapot measure 9&#8243; long by 6&#8243; high and both sides are decorated with the same pattern, more or less.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4748\" title=\"IMG_1702\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1702.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1702-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A simple yet graceful bronze metal handle replaces the original.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4749\" title=\"IMG_1755\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1755.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1755.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1755-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A silver spout replaces the long gone spout, similar to the original in size and shape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4750\" title=\"IMG_1753\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1753.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1753.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1753-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the lid, with a replaced tin inner flange, is from another piece altogether. I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if each of these repairs occurred separately during the life of the teapot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4913\" title=\"IMG_3194\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31941.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31941.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31941-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An armorial teapot with similar shape to mine reveals what the original handle &amp; spout might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15684armorialteapot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-817\" title=\"15684armorialteapot\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15684armorialteapot-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15684armorialteapot-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15684armorialteapot.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardgouldantiques.com\">Richard Gould Antiques<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love a piece with more than one repair and this great example delivers three times over! A much loved and repaired Chinese porcelain globular teapot from the late eighteenth century has survived over 240 years, more or less intact. A detail of the floral decoration, painted in polychrome enamels. 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