Teapot

Arij de Milde

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The teapot was made by the Delft factory of Arij de Milde, known for its red wares made in imitation of Chinese Yixing wares. In the Netherlands, the practice of tea drinking became popular among the nobility and wealthy merchant class beginning in the late 1660s and 1670s, creating demand for imported Chinese redware teapots. The factory of Arij de Milde was one of three Dutch pottery works established to create domestically-made redwares.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art