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Object name(s):
Teapot stand
Brief description:
Teapot stand, a circular earthenware plaque with a white glaze set in a pewter stand which is decorated with engraved sprays and supported by three ornamental feet. The central plaque printed in black. On the upper surface a view of the Clifton suspension bridge. On the underside, within a circle the words: `The Eclipse Tea Pot Stand. To be had of all jewellers silversmiths and ironmongers. Manufactured by Deykin & Sons, Electroplaters Birmingham Introducers of the Guarranted Electro Plated Spoons and Forks & Makers of Tea and Coffee sets, Cruet Frames & General Electro Plated Wares for Home & Abroad'. In the centre a picture of a viking long boat with a circular buckled belt and the words: `Guarantee of Excellence Trade Mark Registered Patentees Estb. 1781'.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Advertising
Associated concept:
Ceramics
Associated concept:
Metalwork
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2019LX6115/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Diameter
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
17
Inscription content:
On the underside, within a circle the words: `The Eclipse Tea Pot Stand. To be had of all jewellers silversmiths and ironmongers. Manufactured by Deykin & Sons, Electroplaters Birmingham Introducers of the Guarranted Electro Plated Spoons and Forks & Makers of Tea and Coffee sets, Cruet Frames & General Electro Plated Wares for Home & Abroad'. In the centre a picture of a viking long boat with a circular buckled belt and the words: `Guarantee of Excellence Trade Mark Registered Patentees Estb. 1781'.
Material:
Earthenware (white)
Material:
pewter
Object name:
Teapot stand
Object number:
CIRC.305-1976
Object production date:
ca.1885
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1880-01-01
Date - latest:
1889-12-31
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
England
Place association:
made
Object status:
Mass produced
Physical description:
Teapot stand, a circular earthenware plaque with a white glaze set in a pewter stand which is decorated with engraved sprays and supported by three ornamental feet. The central plaque printed in black. On the upper surface a view of the Clifton suspension bridge. On the underside, within a circle the words: `The Eclipse Tea Pot Stand. To be had of all jewellers silversmiths and ironmongers. Manufactured by Deykin & Sons, Electroplaters Birmingham Introducers of the Guarranted Electro Plated Spoons and Forks & Makers of Tea and Coffee sets, Cruet Frames & General Electro Plated Wares for Home & Abroad'. In the centre a picture of a viking long boat with a circular buckled belt and the words: `Guarantee of Excellence Trade Mark Registered Patentees Estb. 1781'.
Reproduction number:
2019LX6115
Reproduction number:
2019LX6124
Reproduction number:
2019LX6127
Responsible department/section:
MET
Technique:
firing (heating)
Technique:
casting
Technique:
Earthenware, glazed in pewter mounts.
Text reason:
Collections online record

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/50dccd0c-e2d4-35e2-bbd2-7137874f3ead

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/50dccd0c-e2d4-35e2-bbd2-7137874f3ead, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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