Terms and conditions of use
Tea service
(1817-1819)
Medium
silver, silver-gilt, ivory
Measurements
(a) 16.7 × 26.7 × 15.3 cm (teapot)
(b) 11.9 × 17.3 × 12.6 cm (sugar bowl)
(c) 11.9 × 15.2 × 9.7 cm (jug)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Raymond Nash, 1972
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This tea service by Edward Farrell is an example of chinoiserie silver of the English Regency period. In the years immediately following the Napoleonic wars in the eighteenth century, the Rococo style was viewed as a welcome reminder of the splendours of the ancien régime and was revived with gusto. The decoration of this tea service combines rococo and chinoiserie elements but is larger in scale, more robust in ornament and coarser in execution than an eighteenth-century example might be.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
(a) punched near handle u.r.: E·F (lion passant) b (king's head)
punched in handle l.c.: (...illeg.) ·H (queen's head) (lion passant)
(b) punched (diagonally) in rear u.c.: E·F
punched in rear u.c.: (lion passant) (crowned leopard's head) c (king's head)
(c) punched near handle in rear u.l.: E (lion passant) (crowned leopard's head) C (king's head)
Accession Number
D89.a-c-1972
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
(a-c) Flattened gourd shape, repousse decoration on punched ground, knees and claw feet.