Silver Lustre Teapot

Ceramic

Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Silver Lustre Teapot

Entry/Object ID

3245

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Marjorie Ellis Kroha

Notes

Date: 1976 Credit Line: Bequest of Marjorie Ellis Kroha, Class of 1914, Home Economics Means of Accession: Bequest

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

1825 - 1840

Place

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, L, W: 5 5/8x9 3/4x4 1/2 in; H, L, W: 14.29x24.76x11.43 cm

Height

5-5/8 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Length

9-3/4 in

Height

14.29 cm

Width

11.43 cm

Length

24.76 cm

Material

Earthenware (lustreware), lead glaze

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Lustre is metallic decoration applied to ceramics through precipitation, using salts of silver, gold or copper that are dissolved and then mixed with an organic medium and painted onto the surface of the ceramic before firing. This style of decoration was invented in the Near East around the 9th century CE and then spread to Islamic Spain. The English potter William de Morgan (1839–1917) used the technique on his popular architectural tiles.