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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- How interesting. Looks quite beautiful, but in a way, also quite crude. Looks like the sort of thing one might bring back from a holiday to somewhere like India? The sort of oddity that tourists just can't resist, sending their bank balance into the minus figures as a result of the excess baggage costs hehe Then again, maybe it's priceless?! Did anyone see the article in yesterday's (I think) Metro newspaper, about the man who recently discovered a strange two-headed vessel his father (or was it grandfather) had picked up decades ago (the relative was a rag and bone man) was actually solid gold, ancient and worth about half a million! Adam Adam Bell Assistant Keeper History Tyne & Wear Museums South Shields Museum & Art Gallery Ocean Road South Shields NE33 2JA Tel: +44(0)191 456 8740 Fax: +44(0)191 456 7850 Email: [log in to unmask] Leader of the North East Regional Museums Hub Our mission is to help people determine their place in the world and define their identities, so enhancing their self-respect and respect for others. Find out more at: www.twmuseums.org.uk From: Social History Curators Group email list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Katherine White Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SHCG-LIST] Exotic teapot! Dear All, I'm hoping someone can help with the provenance of this teapot, brought in by a keen member of the public. It's definitely not a local object but was greatly valued by its owner who only left it with us just long enough for these photos to be taken. They thought (hoped) it might be silver and of some antiquity. I thought (feared) it might be brass and recent. It is entirely metal, quite weighty for its size (roughly 14cm round the belly of the pot) and despite the fancy ornamentation, the applied parts have been rather crudely soldered on. The outside looks black although the photo shows it as green; I remember thinking the item may actually look more green in natural light whilst artificial light makes it appear black. The inside of the lid is really bright, as if freshly polished. I'm fairly certain the handle is a snake and the rest of the decoration is foliage. Any ideas? I think the owner would be happy to know which part of the world it comes from and whether or not it is a treasure. Some professional support would be most welcome! Thanks, Katherine Katherine White BA (Hons.) 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