Museum Collections

Wrought silver teapot; octagonal, lantern-shaped body with an extended neck; rounded base set on four scroll feet with acanthus leaves at the knees; plain convex band at the shoulder; cast and applied octagonal stepped rim; octagonal domed lid with an octagonal balustrade finial; squared s-curve spout with a notched lip; plain band around the lip rim; three sides engraved with foliated scrolls, garland of leaves engraved above the spout seam; cast, scrolled silver handle fitted with ivory insulators; acanthus leaf thumbpiece and cast acanthus blossom above the lower insulator; crisp engraving of foliate scrolls with japanesque figures and scenes on each of the eight segments of the body; eight different flowers engraved on the rounded base; maker's marks on the base.