Teapot, "Geisha"

Registered (shape)1898; Registered (design)1899

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Caption

Teapot, "Geisha", Registered (shape)1898; Registered (design)1899. Glazed earthenware, 7 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 x 14.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1999.29.57a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Teapot, "Geisha"

Date

Registered (shape)1898; Registered (design)1899

Medium

Glazed earthenware

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

7 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 x 14.0 cm)

Markings

(a) Teapot, underside printed in brown transfer: 'THE GEISHA/ Rd Shape 324170/ Rd Des 324526'; impressed: '324170'; in yellow paint: '2789'; white paper label with red ink: '185'; impressed at outer edge:'40B'. (b) Lid, underside in brown transfer: 'THE GEISHA/Rd Shape 321470/ Rd DES 344526'; paper label with pencil '109'; impressed: 'PATENT (?) b (illegible) R & L (?)

Credit Line

Gift of Paul F. Walter

Accession Number

1999.29.57a-b

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