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品名（中）	茶壶
品名（英）	Teapot
入馆年号	1948年，48.187.78
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	I. C.
创作年份	公元 1699 - 公元 1700
创作地区
分类	金属制品银（Metalwork-Silver）
尺寸	整体: 5 5/8 × 11 5/8 英寸 (14.3 × 29.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	当这种茶壶生产出来的时候，茶在法国还是一种相对较新的饮料。由于当时茶叶并没有大量进口到法国，这是一种昂贵的饮料，只有上层社会的成员才能买到，而且这种茶壶的小尺寸反映了茶叶的高成本。这个例子似乎是17世纪晚期唯一幸存的巴黎茶壶。茶在法国从未像热巧克力或咖啡那样受欢迎，即使在18世纪，银茶壶似乎也没有大量生产在其设计中，茶壶与银匠尼古拉斯·安布罗瓦斯·库西内（活跃于1696年至1715年）的画作中的茶壶非常相似。铭文表明，库西内画中的茶壶是为奥蒙特公爵路易（1667-1723）制作的，众所周知，这幅画是1702年送给瑞典宫廷的。法国银匠为整个欧洲的宫廷银器树立了艺术标准，瑞典人尤其迷恋法国时尚。
介绍（英）	Tea was still a relatively new beverage in France when this teapot was produced. As the leaves were not imported into France in significant quantities at the time, it was an expensive drink, available only to members of the upper strata of society, and the small size of this teapot reflects tea’s high cost. This example appears to be the only surviving Parisian teapot of the late seventeenth century. Tea never gained the popularity of either hot chocolate or coffee in France, and silver teapots do not seem to have been produced in large quantities even in the eighteenth century. In its design, the teapot corresponds closely to one in a drawing by the silversmith Nicolas-Ambroise Cousinet (active 1696–1715 ). An inscription indicates that the teapot in Cousinet’s drawing was made for Louis, duc d’Aumont (1667–1723 ), and it is known that the drawing was sent to the Swedish court in 1702. French silversmiths set the artistic standard for court silver throughout Europe, and the Swedes were particularly enamored of French fashions.