Aesthetic style Victorian silver bachelor teapot

Aesthetic style Victorian silver bachelor teapot

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Charming bachelor-size antique silver teapot designed and made in the Aesthetic style. The body and pull-off cover are hand engraved with bamboo, fanned panels and cranes while the cover is surmounted by a bamboo-shaped finial. All classic motifs of the Aesthetic movement.

The teapot's capacity is 500ml; a generous three cups of tea.

"Art for art's sake", was a phrase coined by Theophile Gautier in 1835, and became the slogan for the Aesthetic Movement - a movement that set forth to promote the cult of pure beauty in the arts - dreamlike and wistful. Aesthetic silver design focused on decorative surface detail where the shape of pieces was borrowed from an earlier stylistic era, but now covered in a riot of flowers, plants and birds, featuring decorative motifs from Japan; herons, blossom, bamboo, chrysanthemum and butterflies.

A silver teapot pours like no other and sterling silver is the perfect material for making teapots:

· No other material can be fashioned into such elegant and detailed forms, reflect light as beautifully, and a perfectly formed silver teapot spout will never drip.

· Second only to diamonds, silver has the highest thermal conductivity of any material, meaning that tea leaves can be brewed at a higher temperature than in any other teapot, allowing the tea leaves to fully release their flavours.

· That same high thermal conductivity means a silver teapot will retain heat and keep tea hot for much longer.

· Unlike porcelain and ceramic teapots, silver is sturdy and long-lasting, does not shatter and the occasional dent can be debruised.

Dimensions:

Height 115 mm / 4 34"
Width 145 mm / 6"
Depth 105 mm / 4 "
Weight 309 g (9.93 troy ozs)
Year

1886

Place

London

Condition

Excellent

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