Tea kettle

Museum number:
9-213a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090213a@2cb
Alternate number:
1085 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Tea kettle, accession number 9-213a,b, described as Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Tea kettle, accession number 9-213a,b, described as Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Tea kettle, accession number 9-213a,b, described as Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Tea kettle, accession number 9-213a,b, described as Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Tea kettle, accession number 9-213a,b, described as Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Tea kettle, accession number 9-213a,b, described as Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tea kettle, accession number 9-213a,b, described as Tea kettle. “Canton enamel” in famille-rose colors. Copied from English silver of the mid-18th century. Has swing handle covered in plaited cane; painted scene with seven figures in landscape--two musicians and listener, two “go” players and servants. Yellow diaper border with floral and blue scroll reserves. Pink on base and spout. (b) Lid, feathered handle, tips broken. See 9-214 (a-c) for alcohol burner and stand.

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