Teapot 1753-54 Thomas Whipham British Repoussé decoration was achieved by hammering silver from the inside to create brilliant, raised textural effects on the outside. Silver vessels in inverted pear shapes were popular in the mid-eighteenth century, and the asymmetrical arrangement of flora and fauna seen here is typical of the Rococo style.. Teapot. British, London. 1753-54. Silver. Metalwork-Silver