IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71714 accession number: C.1277 & A-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 15 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Castleford-type teapot with octagonal ovoid body, a short oval galleried neck, a curved spout and an angular loop handle with projecting spurs. White felspathic stoneware, smear glazed on the outside, and painted in blue enamel. There are three flat panels on each side of the body, separated by a thin arched line. The side panels each contain a stylised flower enclosed in a diamond . On one side the central panel shows six peasants wearing caps, gathered around a barrel; one is seated with a book, another plays bag-pipes. On the other side are four semi-clothed figures, with horse and tree. Around the lower part of the body is a strip of arches, each containing an upward pointing leaf. The shoulder is decorated with a stylised garland and a leaf strip runs along the handle. The cover has a radiating impression surrounding a flower shaped finial and a single vent hole. A narrow blue line marks the edges of the panels, handle and spout and an oval shape beneath the finial and there are blue touches on the finial flower. The interior is lightly glazed, with a domed strainer at base of the spout. The underside is slightly recessed, giving a narrow foot-rim. object type: White felspathic stoneware teapot and drop-in cover, with moulded body and applied reliefs, with painted edging in blue enamel. title: teapot NOTES ----- type: history note value: Bought on 18 October 1917 from Mrs Brooks' antique shop, Christchurch Road, Boscombe, for 15/- (fifteen shillings) by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71714 PEOPLE ------------------- Silenus TECHNIQUES ---------- press moulded white felspathic stoneware, sprig decorated, smear-glazed and painted in blue enamel press moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: feldspathic stoneware category: sprigged stoneware DATING ------ creation date: 1790 - 1820 creation date earliest: 1790 creation date latest: 1820 culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified factory maker: Chetham & Woolley DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 145 dimension: Length units: cm value: 260 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge An Anthology of British Teapots Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Pottery Castleford Pottery and its wares 1790-1821 : a new survey Castleford Pottery 1790-1821 Illustrated Dictionary of British Pottery and Porcelain Directory of British Teapots Chetham & Woolley Stonewares 1793-1821 British Teapots and Tea Drinking --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/mid_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_284_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa11/preview_C_1277_20_26_20A_1928_284_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels