Origin and period pink teapot

Hi
This teapot is 20cm wide (ear to spout) and 16cm long.


the lid knob and the handle are decorated with white balls sticking out (sorry I don't know how to describe it better) and with golden lines.


sweet rose-colored teapot has golden ovals on both sides with a sweet image in it. I don't know whether it was hand painted or printed. see detailed photos.



teapot has a carved mark. 4T lahore J.G and also M.or N. SLi or xl or ...... no idea


any idea where and when this was made and by whom?
thanks in advance and cheers

 

Lahore is an ancient city from 11th century with great history
Lahore's reputation for beauty fascinated the English poet John Milton, who wrote "Agra and Lahore, the Seat of the Great Mughal" in 1670.[32].. says Wikipedia

I think lahore is the decor name & J.g. or the m /n....is the makersmark

 

There are a few teapot images online that are said to be a "Lahore" pattern. And from different companies, too. They are all decorated differently. So it's possible that Lahore is a decor name on yours as well. It may also be a city name, I suppose.

 

I found this vases. The color gilding the lid and the painting shows some similarity.

 

The name is impressed in the body. I don't think it has to do with the decoration. Maybe the shape.

 

Is it hand painted or transfer printed?
Can we date the pot looking to the shape of the spout, or lid knob or color used or the way it is marked??

 

If you see dots, it's a transfer, and I see lots and lots of dots.

 

Impressed names like that, if not the factory, are usually the shape. The teapot shape is of a style influenced by the British Raj, but that scene is in Europe.

 

thanks for the explanation. I wasnt sure because these parts looks handpainted.. could be partly handpainted ?

looking for information i came across the websie of gardiner museum and in the museum collection i found a few pieces where the decor names are carved on the back of the porcelain, but perhaps this was more of an exception than usual

https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/...ea3ed2e9e4467a0742eb96643747f79cb887c&idx=202
https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/...19a9122007fc5c9da8c6291a04b498a51ac4d&idx=210

 

Embellishing transfer with hand painting is also common.

On those other pieces, the difference is that it's a full description if that makes sense.

 

Yes youre right, they have a full description.

It does not look as a cheap mass produced teapot to mine eye and not a copy of someting else.
Any idea since when the pink color used and till when the potters used incized marks?

 

Impressed rather than incised. I've seen stuff as late as the 1930s with impressed shape marks. The fact that it's a shape made in quantity doesn't mean it was cheap.

 

I found in 1872 Marks and monogram book this signature. but i cant find anything about him

I found also that j. Clemenssons, Geoge Jonas and J. Gosling in england used J.C or J.G marks. But i cant find a similar works of them.

There was also J. G. Kirschner from germany who used j. G. Mark but again i cant find a similar work. I will try furter

 

Any idea what the letters are?

 

LAHORE

J.G

 

Thanks, an the lower part Where i marked with red ??

 

Not a clue. Sorry

 

Okay thanks

 

There's a number above Lahore. 4 then ?

That last line looks like V W apostrophe C