Teapot MT 49
A teapot built from basic geometric forms – hemisphere, cylinder and circle – in the Bauhaus metal workshop.
Marianne Brandt was one of few women in the Bauhaus metal workshop, where she became deputy head. The teapot of 1924 was made by hand but designed as if for factory production.
It is one of the best-known Bauhaus objects. Brandt also designed lamps for industry. The teapot is protected by copyright, so only a drawing is shown.
Materials: Brass, silver-plated inside, ebony handle
Manufacture: Hand-raised in the metal workshop of the Bauhaus in Weimar.
The hemispherical body on a cross of feet.
The handle as a half-ring of ebony.
The lid set off-centre.