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Teapot with Animal-Shaped Spout, Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Globular body with double C-scroll handle and curving animal-headed spout. Round lid with bud-form knob. Gilt enrichments. Painted floral elements. In open gilt frame is painted Mercury appearing to a female figure., Impressed marks: diagonal lozenges on a shield (the Bavarian Rautenschild) and III in a circle, Germany, 17651770, ceramics, Decorative Arts, teapot, teapot