• Teapot, hard paste porcelain, bullet shape with a ribbed wishbone handle, gaping bird's mouth spout and flower knop on lid, decorated with painted naturalistic flowers, not marked, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, c1760-1780 - the Chinese potter has faithfully copied the form of a Meissen teapot of about 1740-1750; the painted flowers, probably added in Guangzhou (Canton), mimic so-called deutsche blumen, a popular decorative style on European ceramics throughout the mid to late 18th century。

Teapot 1715, Meissen - This 1715 teapot shows a very elaborately decorated pot, subsequent style moves away from bird form to a suggestion, which I think is far more attractive.

Teapot, multicolor painted with chinoiserie, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1725 – ca 1730 - This teapot was made in 1725, The suggestion of a wishbone handle seems to begin here.

Teapot, multicolor painted with chinoiserie, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1725 – ca 1730 - This particular style seemed to be popular for some years.

Teapot with lid, multicolour painted with chinoiserie, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1725 – ca 1730

Teapot with lid, painted with Imari decoration, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, 1730 - The three teapots shown above are bottom heavy, with a different spout, after this brief period the design of the teapot went back to the classic pot.

Teapot with lid, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, anonymously, 1730

Teapot with lid, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1730 – ca 1735 - The Silhouette motif on a opaque background of the teapot sphere, is quite unique motif for this period. The craftsmen of the firm were very experimental with style of the pots and the kind of motifs, as if trying to find a brand style. The Handle here has developed into a better grip, indicating their attention to detail, and a small scroll appears at the top of wishbone handle.

Teapot, multicolour painted with water landscapes , Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1735 - Teapot, multicolour painted with water landscapes, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1735. We see European landscapes feature on the teapot, moving away from the chinoiserie motif which were very popular during that time, imitating the Chinese porcelain which was far more expensive and difficult to obtain. The handle has changed again to a simpler form.

Teapot, multicolour painted with water landscapes ,Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1735 - The style and the colour combinations are the same , the bird spout appears here along with the wishbone handle ( same as the 1740 teapot above). This combination of pot form, spout and handle was repeated, while the motifs changed.

Teapot 1740 Rijks museum

Teapot with lid, multicolour painted with bouquets, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1740 – ca 1750

Teapot 1740

Teapot with lid, painted in under-glaze blue with leafy branches, Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, ca 1750 – ca 1760

Teapot 1755, Meissen[/caption] - Globular form, wishbone handle with appliqué palmettes and tubular spout culminating in sculptural animal’s head. Slightly domed inset lid, central flower finial. On sides, diverse applied flowers along with insects in flight and at rest. Colourfully painted. In about 1735, Kaendler began encrusting porcelain ware with leaves and sculptural flowers that were not generally embellished with colour. In November of that year, for instance, he designed a covered bouillon cup encrusted with roses for Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia. There subsequently followed further vessels of this kind such as his écuelle, in which not only are the sculptural flowers colourfully decorated but individual floral motifs and insects have been inserted in the plain areas in between.

Teapot 1765, Meissen - By 1765 the form had gone to classic, with a simple spout and a rope handle, with “Peasant scenes in naturalistic landscape” in the manner of Teniers.

Meissen Chinoiserie teapot and cover, circa 1735, of bullet shape, the wishbone handle with gilding and purple and a shell thumb piece and the gilt spout moulded with a bird'shead, finely painted in the manner of J.G. Horoldt with each side depicting a chinoiserie scene with three figures setting taking tea in a garden with insects, below a Laub un Bandelwerk rim band; the cover decorated with two landscape vignettes, the acorn finial gilded; with underglaze-blue crossed swords mark to base, and with gilt numeral ‘26.’ to the base and underside of cover; height: 3 7/8 in.

The present teapot was part of one of the most lavish royal gifts of the eighteenth-century: a magnificent tea and chocolate porcelain service, which included over 40 pieces and was presented in 1737 by Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, to Maria Leszczyńska, wife of Louis XV, King of France. Such a gesture probably intended to improve diplomatic relations between Saxony and the French Court.

Meissen purple-ground teapot and cover, c. 1735-40, with scroll-moulded J-handle and grotesque bird spout, decorated with harbour scenes of merchants, ships and European rural landscapes within ogival cartouches against a lavender-ground with indianische Blumen, the cover with a flower-bud knop, with underglaze-blue crossed swords mark to base, height: 4 1/2in.

Meissen teapot and cover, c. 1740, decorated in puce camaieu with Watteauesque figures in Arcadian landscapes and flower sprays within gilt lined rims, with underglaze-blue crossed swords mark to base and gilder's 'H' mark to teapot and cover, height: 4 1/8in.