Porcelain, silver (later addition)expand_more
Gift of Christopher Monkhouse and Catherine Futter in honor of Leo and Doris Hodroffexpand_more 98.90a,b
This teapot probably lost its original porcelain spout in transit. Objects with such repairs such as this are often called "make-dos." They illustrate the extent to which even broken pieces of Chinese Export were highly prized, that they would be custom-fitted with silver rather than discarded.
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