Three-Legged Teapot (théière à trois pieds)

Three-Legged Teapot (théière à trois pieds)

LCSH: Porcelain, French—18th century—Pictorial works | Porcelain, French—Private collections | Porcelain, French—Vincennes—18th century—Slide collections | Vincennes porcelain—18th century—Pictorial works | Slides (Photography)—Private collections | Fritzsche, Ulrich—Art collections—Pictorial works | Ceramic tableware—France—18th century | Ceramic teapots—France—18th century | Gilding—France—18th century | Birds in art | Insects in art | Birdcages—Pictorial works

Getty AAT keywords: porcelain (material) | porcelain (visual works) | dinnerware | teapots | gilding-technique | Aves (class) | Odonata (class) | birdcages (containers)

35mm color slide of a white-and-gold teapot with three feet and a lid (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). Its feet, handle, lid, and spout are trimmed with gilding. The gold painting on its body depicts a tree, bird, dragonfly, and birdcage. The number 4 is handwritten on the slide.

Fritzsche, Ulrich (creator of slide); D’Arms, Ted (photographer); Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (creator of object)

Seattle Art Museum Libraries

Teapot ca. 1750–51; Lid ca. 1753–60 (date of object)

March 1979 (date of slide)

Painter, Kirsten Blythe

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English | French

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France

eighteenth century (dates CE)

slide, scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner at 3200 dpi.