Teapot: C.1922 & A-1928

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified

Entities

• Teapot

Categories

• Lead-glazed earthenware
• Swiss slipware

Description

Slip-coated earthenware painted with flowers and foliage in cream slip and coloured in blue, green, yellow underglaze

Earthenware, thrown with applied handle and spout, coated in pale brown slip, and decorated in cream slip, partially coloured in blue, green, and yellow under clear glaze, The teapot stands on a footring. It has a depressed globular body with a short neck, an upward curving spout and a strap handle with a slight thumb rest near the top. The circular cover is pierced by a circular ventilation hole and has a cone-shaped knob. The sides, spout, and top of the lid are decorated with eidelweiss, lilies of the valley, gentian and other Swiss flowers painted in cream slip, and slips coloured blue, green, and yellow. Round the junction of the shoulder and neck there is a border of blue leaves, and on the neck a cream band with slanting stems bearing two leaves repeated around it. Down the back of the handle yellow trefoil flowers alternate with pairs of green leaves, and cream lines with short projecting strokes run down both sides.

Notes

History note: Given by Mrs Born Straub of Thun in September 1903 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College. Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Late
20th Century, Early
Circa 1900 - 1903

Note

This teapot was attributed to Heimberg by Bernard Rackham in 1935, but has Thun inscribed on its base. It is a modern pot given to Dr Glaisher by the antique dealer, Mrs Born Straub in Thun in September 2003.