![\"IMG_8179](\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8179-Version-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThis teapot with similar form and decoration shows what the original loop handle on my teapot looked like before it took a tumble.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
This globular form porcelain teapot was made in China in the mid-1700s for export to Europe and North America. It measures 6 inches high and 9 inches from handle to spout and is decorated in the famille rose palette with a coral scale ground and\u00a0puce\u00a0flowers.<\/p>\n
Soon after the teapot\u00a0dropped and the handle\u00a0shattered, it was taken to a tinker, jeweler or metalsmith who fashioned this nicely made metal replacement handle. To help insulate delicate hands from the hot contents, the handle was encased in woven rattan. I have dozens of examples of woven rattan handles and\u00a0have noticed distinctly different patterns among them. I am hoping to one day match up the woven handle patterns\u00a0to specific makers, although I know that\u00a0is a long shot. As an added bonus, a small section of missing\u00a0rattan has been patched using string, no doubt at a later date, a true case of a make-do making-do.<\/p>\n
This teapot with similar form and decoration shows what the original loop handle on my teapot looked like before it took a tumble.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n