A COPPER MINIATURE TEAPOT

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A COPPER MINIATURE TEAPOT
BY GORHAM CO., CIRCA 1885
patinated in shades of brown and rich wine-red colour, with fluted cover, the squat bulbous body applied white metal flowers, butterflies and owl perched on branch, the handle cast as a stylised dragon, the curved spout with cover on metal string, stamped factory marks to underside and stamped numerals Y 60
2 1/2in. (6.5cm.) high

拍場告示

Please note the photograph on page 46 of the catalogue pictures Lots 119 through 122 and not only Lot 119. These lots are correctly annotated on the christies.com web site.

拍品專文

Founded in the early 19th Century by Jabez Gorham, the firm became the Gorham Manufacturing Company in 1863. Gorham's copper line was introduced in 1881 and was produced for a few years only, until about 1885. The patinated wares, often in rich red tones, were probably inspired by Japanese lacquered wood rather than metalwares.