Artist: John Lambe
Date: 1784
Museum: Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, United States)
Technique: Silver
This teapot features an octagonal shape with a straight spout and C-shaped wooden handle, with detailed engraving. The shape and relative simplicity of the teapot is characteristic of the time it was made: the 1780s. In the wake of the ostentatious decoration which defined the Chippendale (or Rococo) style, designers crafted objects on the opposite side of the spectrum. Simpler shapes with two dimensional ornament gained popularity as European and American societies took interest more in pulling inspiration from Classical sources from ancient Greece and Rome. While the engraving on this piece includes swags and other decorative elements of the Rococo, the streamlined spout, simple handle, and understated finial align more with the Neoclassical style taking hold during the reign of George III (1760-1820) in Britain.
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