Teapot

1753–54

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 722

Repoussé decoration was achieved by hammering silver from the inside to create brilliant, raised textural effects on the outside. Silver vessels in inverted pear shapes were popular in the mid-eighteenth century, and the asymmetrical arrangement of flora and fauna seen here is typical of the Rococo style.

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Provenance

Title: Teapot
Maker: Thomas Whipham (British, active from 1737, died 1785)
Date: 1753–54
Culture: British, London
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 6 × 9 3/8 in. (15.2 × 23.8 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Strong Shattuck, 1935
Object Number: 35.80.118
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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