{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O147768"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147768/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2007BR3975/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2007BR3975/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2007BR3975","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O147768/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O147768","accessionNumber":"M.56A-1988","objectType":"Teapot","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"The teapot shares the same characteristics as M.56-1988. However, the body is a regular hexagon in cross section so that the dimensions of the side walls are uniformly equal.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Portoghesi, Paolo","id":"A20040"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"alessi","id":"A5411"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"},{"text":"ebony","id":"AAT12055"},{"text":"electroplate","id":"x42319"}],"techniques":[{"text":"electroplating","id":"AAT54000"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Electroplate and painted enamel with ebony","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2007BR3975"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES399649"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES399649"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Teapot","id":""}],[{"text":"cover (closure)","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1983","earliest":"1983-01-01","latest":"1983-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"23.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"16","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"16.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Volume/capacity","value":"100","unit":"cl","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"OFFICINA / ALESSI / ITALY / P.A. / T.E. 28 (-32)","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Part of a tea and coffee service which was a prototype for the series of eleven tea and coffee services commissioned from architects by Officina Alessi, a division of Alessi S.p.A., Milan, and made in a limited edition in silver.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Electroplate and painted enamel teapot with ebony handle, designed by Paolo Portoghesi for Alessi, made 1983.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["M.56A-1988","M.56A/PART-1988"],"accessionNumberNum":"56","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1988,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Teapot","cover (closure)"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-07","recordCreationDate":"2008-03-14","availableToBook":true}}