© Victoria and Albert Museum
Diamond-hole teapot & enamel-set teapot
Artist: Christopher Dresser (1834 - 1904)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1878, 1879
Materials: 1) electroplated nickel silver & ebony; 2) sliver & ivory
Dimensions: 1) 17 x 25cm; 2) 10 x 24cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £40,000 (Total: £198,326; tax remission)
Vendor: Andrew McIntosh Patrick
Review number: 5765 (2006)
Provenance:
1) Phillips, 1986; Brightwells, Leominster, 2001; Andrew MacIntosh Patrick. 2) Andrew MacIntosh Patrick, 2001.
Description:
1) A unique prototype teapot which was almost certainly never put into production. The startling geometry combined with modified Japanese references and yet strongly utilitarian character gives this teapot a unique, visual distinction. 2) The enamel-set teapot was designed to incorporate a Japanese ivory medallion embellished with lacquer and enamel which Dresser almost certainly brought back with him from his visit to Japan.
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