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Ali Wells
Keeper (History
Collections and Interpretation)
Arts and Heritage
Community Services
Directorate, Coventry City Council
The Herbert
Jordan
Well
Coventry
CV1 5QP
Tel: 024 7629 4763
Fax: 024 7629
4790
www.theherbert.org
The Herbert: Arts-Media-Museum-History
A development in the cultural heart of Coventry
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
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
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:51
AM
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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.) PGCE AMA
Assistant
Curator
Tel:
(01225) 751 339
Fax:
(01225) 754 608
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