IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 208429 accession number: C.720 & A-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 15 March 2016 updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Castleford-type teapot with ovoid body, a short oval galleried neck with scalloped rim, an S curved spout, and a domed, hinged lid with central finial. The loop handle has a flat top, connected to the shoulder of the pot by a vertical strip; a thumb piece across the top has both outward and inward spurs. On each side of the body is an arched panel, connected to a third panel around the base of the spout and another around the base of the handle. The arches are outlined in blue and there is a blue line above, below and around the base. The gallery is edged with a daisy chain, each flower rimmed by a blue circle. Blue lines also outline the sides of the handle and decorate the finial and hinge. The centre panels each contain sprigged classical cherubs, on one side two together and on the other one with a lion. The four points where the arches join are marked with a stylised leaf sprig and there is stylised foliage around the shoulder and cover. The spout has a triangular cross-section and five small projecting bobbles above the opening, which is edged in blue; otherwise the spout is undecorated. The interior is smear glazed, with a domed strainer at base of the spout. The underside is slightly recessed, giving a narrow foot-rim. Vent hole in the cover. object type: White feldspathic stoneware teapot and hinged cover, with moulded body and applied reliefs, edged with blue enamel. title: teapot NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor, Professor Shon Ffowcs-Williams LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Professor Shon Ffowcs-Williams STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/208429 TECHNIQUES ---------- white feldspathic stoneware, press-moulded, and decorated with sprigged reliefs, and painting in blue enamel press moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: feldspathic stoneware category: sprigged stoneware DATING ------ creation date: 1810 - 1810 creation date earliest: 1810 creation date latest: 1810 culture: 19th Century, Early# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: John Glass DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 135 dimension: Length units: cm value: 25.5 CITATIONS -------- British Teapots and Tea Drinking Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Pottery Chetham & Woolley Stonewares 1793-1821 Castleford Pottery and its wares 1790-1821 : a new survey The Castleford Pottery 1790-1821 English Dry-bodied Stoneware, Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers 1774-1830 Directory of British Teapots ---