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teapot

Object NameCovered Tea Pot with Tea Leaf Strainer

Maker Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.

Maker Heinz Loffelhardt (German, 1901-1979)

Made FromBorosilicate glass

Dateabout 1957

Place MadeGermany

Accession Number61.3.342 A

Credit LineGift of Schott-Zwiesel Glass Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, Borosilicate heat-resistant glass; mold-blown, manipulated while hot. Three-part teapot: (a) flattened spherical body (ovoid in cross-section) with narrow collared opening, fire polished rim, narrow elongated spout rises at angle from widest point of body, V-cut opening with pinched lip, narrow solid squared applied handle echoes angle of spout; (b) tea leaf strainer, deep cylindrical shape with flanged rim that rests on pot opening (notched in three places for alignment with lid), walls taper in towards base edge cut with parallel vertical slots for drainage; (c) lid, flat with saucer-shaped top, deeply inset short flange (three small low-relief raised points at connection of flange and rim).
Provenance

Source Schott-Zwiesel Glass Inc. - 1961-10-19