Title
Teapot
Year/Period
Early-mid 20th century
Region
Palembang, southern Sumatra
Dimension
Object size: H17.4 x W19.1 x Dia9.0 cm
Accession No.
XXXX-02881
Collection of
This teapot has a silver lead. The lid is decorated with embossed floral motif and attached to the spout lid with a chain. Household utensils, like this teapot, were made using the ‘à cire perdue’ or lost wax brass cast technique whereby wax model of the object was made and clay applied to the model. After drying, the clay cast was heated which will result in the wax melting away. Molten brass was then poured into the mould to replace the ‘lost wax’. The brass was then allowed to cool and the mould broken away. The object was then finished with filing and polishing.
