Wedgwood teapot with John Wesley preaching

An image of Teapot and cover. Wedgwood, Josiah (English potter, 1730-1795). Green, Guy, printer (British ceramist, act.1756-1799). Globular with leaf-wrapped spout, loop handle with a vertical ridge and kick up at the bottom, and circular lid with pierced, globular knob. On side there is a three-quarter length portrait of John Wesley preaching, flanked by ribbons sprouting foliage, inscribed on the left 'JOHN WESLEY, M.A. FELLOW', and on the right, 'LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD'. On the other side are the words 'Let your/Conversation be/as becometh the Gospel of/CHRIST' within a frame of rococo scrolls among which is a music-book and a volume entitled WATTS'S/ HYMNS' at the top; on the left, a cartouche with St Peter and a cock crowing; and on the right, a cartouche with the Good Samaritan; on the lid there are three winged cherub's heads. Cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware), moulded, thrown, and transfer-printed onglaze in black, height, whole, 13.8 cm, length, whole, 20.5 cm, circa 1775. Rococo. Production Note: Josiah Wedgwood, printed in Liverpool by Guy Green. The inscription indicates that the pot was made after Sadler retired in September 1770.

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Teapot and cover. Wedgwood, Josiah (English potter, 1730-1795). Green, Guy, printer (British ceramist, act.1756-1799). Globular with leaf-wrapped spout, loop handle with a vertical ridge and kick up at the bottom, and circular lid with pierced, globular knob. On side there is a three-quarter length portrait of John Wesley preaching, flanked by ribbons sprouting foliage, inscribed on the left 'JOHN WESLEY, M.A. FELLOW', and on the right, 'LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD'. On the other side are the words 'Let your/Conversation be/as becometh the Gospel of/CHRIST' within a frame of rococo scrolls among which is a music-book and a volume entitled WATTS'S/ HYMNS' at the top; on the left, a cartouche with St Peter and a cock crowing; and on the right, a cartouche with the Good Samaritan; on the lid there are three winged cherub's heads. Cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware), moulded, thrown, and transfer-printed onglaze in black, height, whole, 13.8 cm, length, whole, 20.5 cm, circa 1775. Rococo. Production Note: Josiah Wedgwood, printed in Liverpool by Guy Green. The inscription indicates that the pot was made after Sadler retired in September 1770.

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Accession Number: C.730 & A-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 765 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 437.94kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

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