EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE 1900-1930 GILMAN & CTA PORTUGUESE SACAVEM PORCELAIN TEAPOT - ART DECO / MODERNIST PATTERNING
AN EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE PORCELAIN TEAPOT MANUFACTURED BY SACAVEM PORTUGAL WHILE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES GILMAN. THE TEAPOT IS DECORATED BY HAND IN MAGNIFICENT AND PROMINENT COBALT BLUE TONES WITH AQUA AND SKY BLUE ALL MERGING GLORIOUSLY IN PATTERNS AROUND TAN AND MOCCA BROWN MOTIFS BEST DESCRIBED AS A MODERNIST ART DECO STYLE
THE TEAPOT IS DESIGNED IN AN ALMOST MONTROSE SHAPE WITH THE CHARMINGLY FLUTED SIDES AND A GOLD TRIM SHORTENED PEDESTAL BASE. A DOMED LID TOPPED BY A HANDLE FINIAL AND AND A SHORT ARCHED SPOUT MATCH THE ART DECO STYLE HANDLE WHILE GOLD TRIM HIGHLIGHTS THE PATTERNING
SACAVEM POTTERY FACTORY WAS A FAMOUS CERAMIC PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL UNIT FOUNDED IN 1850 AND LOCATED IN THE PARISH OF SACAVEM, PORTUGAL. TODAY IT IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SACAVEM MUSEUM. THE FACTORY WAS BEGUN BY MANUEL JOAQUIM AFONSO. BETWEEN 1861 AND 1863 THE FACTORY WAS SOLD TO JOHN STOTT HOWORTH AFTER WHICH IT BECAME HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED DUE TO ITS PRODUCTION OF FINE FAIENCE BASED ON KAOLIN (A CLAY WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF PURITY). KING LOUIS I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PRODUCTION THAT HE AWARDED THE FACTORY THE TITLE OF "ROYAL". THE KING ALSO GAVE HOWORTH THE TITLE OF BARON HOWORTH OF SACAVEM. IN 1893 WHEN JOHN HOWORTH DIED, HIS WIFE THE BARONESS FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN GILMAN TO ADMINISTER THE FACTORY. IN 1921 JAMES GILMAN DIES AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS SON RAUL WHO TOOK HERBERT GILBERT AS A BUSINESS PARTNER. IN 1983 THE COMPANY CLOSED PERMANENTLY
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE TEAPOT IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH WITH THE SACAVEM LOOPED BELT MARK AND - "GILMAN & CTA, SACAVEM, PORTUGAL"
CONDITION : BESIDE AGE RELATED CRAZING UNDERNEATH, THE TEAPOT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION HAVING NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC. THE INTERIOR IS ALSO SPOTLESS
SIZE : 12.8cm HEIGHT OF HANDLE.....12cm HEIGHT OF SPOUT.....14.5cm HEIGHT WITH FINIAL.....11cm HEIGHT OF RIM..... 9.8cm by 9cm OVAL BASE.....11.5cm by 10.4cm OVAL RIM.....16.5cm WIDTH OF BODY ACROSS RIM.....28cm TIP OF SPOUT TO BACK EDGE OF HANDLE
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