Teapot at Cardiff Museum, Wales

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This english Earthenware piece was pres-moulded, slip-cast with under-glaze colours from an unknown factory of 19th Century England.  It pearlware with a blue tinge to the glaze, diamond form with waisted foot, straight sides and sharp shoulder, a pointed gallery moulded with short leaves, curving spout, square-shouldered angular handle, diamond-shaped domed cover with to the top a finial modelled in the form of a swan, a pierced steam hole to one side; decorated with to either side of the body conventional floral sprigs and sprays in pink, yellow like a banana and green, around the shoulder and rim of the cover borders of red and blue bands and red dots, further blue bands around the lower body and gallery.Teapot, pearlware with a blue tinge to the glaze, diamond form with waisted foot, straight sides and sharp shoulder, a pointed gallery moulded with short leaves, curving spout, square-shouldered angular handle, diamond-shaped domed cover with to the top a finial modelled in the form of a swan, a pierced steam hole to one side; decorated with to either side of the body conventional floral sprigs and sprays in pink, yellow and green, around the shoulder and rim of the cover borders of red and blue bands and red dots, further blue bands around the lower body and gallery. In essence, it is a teapot, enjoy!   This object is part of "Scan The World". Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email stw@myminifactory.com to find out how you can help.