EditorialSteven Bergman with a kiddush cup that was taken from his father’s Munich home in 1938 and then returned this year by the Bavarian National Museum, at home in Silver Spring, Md., April 6, 2023. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialWhile clay teapots were used by ordinary people, a copper teapot of this quality would have been reserved for use by the nobility. Copper, H: 38,5 cm.
EditorialDesigns for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils., William Chambers, British, b. Sweden, 17261796, Pierre Fourdrinier, French, active England, 1720 - 1760, Engraving on tan laid paper, Eight se...
EditorialMaker: Peter Van Dyck, American, 16841751, Teapot, ca.?172035, Silver, 7 1/8 ? 9 in. (18.1 ? 22.9 cm), Octagonal teapots were popular in both Dutch and English silver, but no other example by an American craftsman has survived. The faceted, eight-sided...
EditorialEight Rural Subjects, Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850, British, after 1850, Aquatint, etching, stipple engraving and color woodcut on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 12 1/2 x 11 3/16 inches (31.8 x 28.4...
EditorialNegative - Warracknabeal, Victoria, circa 1895, A window display of axes at Dally & Company. Several teapots hang on the side of the entrance and tubs in front of the window contain: pegs, hearth brushes, scrub brushes, soap dishes and 'bargains'.
EditorialChinese porcelain vases and teapots decorated with bamboo, cherry blossom, lizards, leaves and branches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence,...
EditorialWhile clay teapots were used by ordinary people, a copper teapot of this quality would have been reserved for use by the nobility. Copper, H: 38,5 cm.