A Canton enamel bouilloire on stand circa 1760

the globular kettle decorated in a famille rose pallet with elegant ladies and their attendants between floral and ornamental borders, the tripod stand on shell-feet with detachable burner, handle partly replaced

A similar example is at the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, Inv. AK-RAK-2003-1, published in Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 51,2, 2003, nr. 4.
See also: J. Wirgin, Fran Kina till Europa, Kinesika konstforemal fran de ostindiska kompanieras tid, Stockholm 1998, nr. 253.

The kettle with the inevitable dents, marks and scratches, some cracks and one larger loss to the enamel on the inside, retouches to the enamel at the spout and around the attachments of the handles, the upper part of the handle replaced, the cover with retouches to the enamel and laquered to fixate the enamel layer; the stand with small losses and some cracks to the enamel, one leg damaged, the burner possibly of later date.
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Canton enamel is named after the place of its first manufacturing, the city of  Canton, located in southern China in the province of Guandong.  While the Chinese had used enamels to paint on stoneware for centuries, Canton enamel was a new technique whereby enamels were painted onto the whole surface of copper, ceramics and other earthenware pieces.  The technique had been developed in Limoges, France, and by report it has been brought to China in the late 17th century by French missionaries. The earliest examples of Canton enamel date back to circa 1740.