{"id":8657,"date":"2014-04-26T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T15:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2016-02-06T15:18:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T20:18:34","slug":"james-giles-studio-overpainted-teapot-c-1740","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=8657","title":{"rendered":"James Giles Studio overpainted teapot, c.1740"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fascinating globular shape\u00a0Chinese porcelain teapot from the\u00a0Qianlong period (1711-1799) bears\u00a0little resemblance to its original form. It\u00a0was first painted\u00a0in China with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of mountains, trees and buildings, but soon after it was exported and arrived in England, the local taste for simple blue and white decorated porcelain had waned. In order to keep up with the new demand for more colorful wares,\u00a0many of these pieces were overpainted or “clobbered” with additional decorations and colors, to appeal to the changing taste in porcelain design.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0fine example, this teapot’s decoration,\u00a0overpainted in the “Grape and Vine” pattern in black and pink with\u00a0gilt highlights, appears to have executed at\u00a0the James Giles Studio in London. James Giles (1718-1780), a porcelain decorator and son of James senior, also a china painter, maintained a studio on Cockspur Street near\u00a0Trafalgar Square. His wealthy and royal clients included\u00a0Major-General Robert Clive, Princess Amelia, and painter George Stubbs.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the appearance of the surface decoration was altered, a more drastic metamorphosis was about to take place. We will never know the exact cause of\u00a0the teapot’s losing its original spout and handle, but it is conceivable that a fumble resulted in the necessary trip to a metalsmith for repairs. A silver rococo replacement spout, a wood and metal handle, and metal staple repairs to the lid were just what the doctor ordered to rejuvenate the patient and send him home, altered in appearance but able to function once again, pouring tea. Teapot measures 4-3\/4\u201d high, 7-1\/2\u201d long.<\/p>\n

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This globular teapot shows what the original handle and spout might have looked like when my teapot was new.<\/p>\n

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

This fascinating globular shape\u00a0Chinese porcelain teapot from the\u00a0Qianlong period (1711-1799) bears\u00a0little resemblance to its original form. It\u00a0was first painted\u00a0in China with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of mountains, trees and buildings, but soon after it was exported and arrived in England, the local taste for simple blue and white decorated porcelain had waned. In order to […]<\/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":[15,7,6,124,16,17,68],"class_list":["post-8657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-blue-white","tag-chinese","tag-clobbered","tag-metal-spout","tag-porcelain","tag-silver","tag-wood-handle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657","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=8657"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10565,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions\/10565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}