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Teapot: C.2 & A-1996

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

Dark cream earthenware, with applied moulded reliefs touched with oxides, and lead-glazed.

Dark cream earthenware, decorated with applied moulded reliefs touched with cobalt, copper, and manganese oxides, and lead-glazed. The pot has a globular body with a crabstock handle and spout, and a slightly convex circular cover with a reel-shaped knob. The cover is pierced by a circular hole next to the knob. There are six reliefs on one side of the pot, five on the other, and three on the lid. The oxides have run into the glaze and there are blue splodges on and under the handle.

Notes

History note: Messrs A.F. Allbrook, Essex,from whom purchased in May, 1988, by Sir Ivor Batchelor; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor

Legal notes

Given by Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.5 cm
Length: 20.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1996-01-22) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1750 CE - 1760 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of oxide colours ( presumed copper, manganese and cobalt)
Handle And Spout
Reliefs

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2 & A-1996
Primary reference Number: 72979
Old object number: 152

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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