A Swedish Rococo double-spouted Rococo silver teapot, mark of Bengt Hafrin, Gothenburg 1770.
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Oval shape, standing on four feet. The body and the hinged lid with chased and chiselled decoration of flowers and leaves. The handles with rocailles-framed cartouches. Lid finial in the form of a flower bud. Folding handle with wooden grip. Underneath engraved initials "M J W". Height excluding handle 16.5 cm, length 21.5 cm. Weight 639 g.
Provenance
The collection of Councillor Nils Parkfelt (1893-1961), Gothenburg.
Thence by descent.
Literature
Åke Stavenow and Carl Hernmarck, Nationalmuseum exhibition catalogue no 48, 1934, exhibition:"Utställning av svensk silver 1680-1800", compare a double-spouted teapot by Anders Jacobsson Schotte från 1779, pl. 3, cat no 172.
Ed. Carl Hernmarck et al., "Svenskt silversmide 1520-1850", 1941-1963, volume II, the type described at p. 190 and compare two other similar teapots illustrated, catalogue no 428 and 429.
Bengt Bengtsson and Gustaf Munthe, "Silversmide", 1962, compare a double-spouted teapot by Johan Christoffer Jungmarker from 1768 illustrated at p. 193.
Ed. Olle Granath, "Vier Jahrhunderte Schwedisches silber für königshof und bürgerhaus", Bayriches Nationalmuseum, 1991, compare a double-spouted teapot by Johan Christoffer Jungmarker from 1768 illustrated, catalogue no 29.
More information
A few Swedish teapots with two spouts are known. The oldest was made in Stockholm in 1747. The other known double-spouted teapots were made in Gothenburg and Uddevalla during the 1760s and 70s.