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Description: | The Meissen factory in Germany was the first porcelain factory in Europe, founded in 1710. They exported table wares and ornaments all over Europe and were widely copied by other manufacturers. As porcelain items were so expensive to buy, they would not be thrown away if damaged but would be repaired whenever possible. At some point in time the spout of this teapot has been broken and replaced by a metal one. 18th century teapots are small because tea was an expensive luxury, drunk in small quantities. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | metalwork art plants makers ceramics date period natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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