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Teapot: C.173 & A-1932

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

Cream earthenware press-moulded with chinoiserie scenes in relief and decorated with green, yellow, and brownish-yellow coloured lead-glazes

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor MrsW.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 15.2 cm
Width: 21.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

18th Century, second quarter#
George II
George III
Circa 1755 CE - 1765 CE

Note

Teapots of this type were made by several potters, including William Greatbatch, Thomas Whieldon at Fenton Vivian, and a site at Town Road, Hanley. It was obviously popular and widely produced as the body occurs with many different combinations of handles, spouts, and knobs. The reliefs on the panels on the sides were derived from George Edwards and Matthew Darly, New Book of Chinese designs Calculated to Improve the present Taste . . . , London, 1754.

School or Style

Chinoiserie
Rococo

Components of the work

Colour composed of oxides
Body

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.173 & A-1932
Primary reference Number: 72536
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 1 July 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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