Teapot
Thomas Whipham
1753–54 · Silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repoussé decoration was achieved by hammering silver from the inside to create brilliant, raised textural effects on the outside. Silver vessels in inverted pear shapes were popular in the mid-eighteenth century, and the asymmetrical arrangement of flora and fauna seen here is typical of the Rococo style.
- Artist
- Thomas Whipham
- Date
- 1753–54
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mary Strong Shattuck, 1935
