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Teapot: C.528 & A-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware decorated with blue reliefs

Off-white stoneware, thrown, with mould applied reliefs coloured with cobalt oxide, with salt-glaze. The body is squat and globular, with a high curved spout. The loop handle is thicker at the top than the bottom, and has a kick. There are three paw feet, with human masks above. The circular lid has a small flange which fits inside the teapot, and has a ventilation hole and short finial. On each side of the pot there is a plant with three leaves flanked by two birds. Below each plant is a large leaf, and above is a smaller leaf and flower. On the lid is a large and small leaf, and a flower.

Notes

History note: Theodore Charbonnier, Lynmouth Art Gallery; from whom bought on 8 October 1912 for £7.7s by Dr Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Width: 8.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date: circa AD 1745

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt ( colourant of reliefs)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
With Lid Height 10.5 cm
Lid Height 2.6 cm Width 8.5 cm
Spout To Handle Width 14.1 cm
Body
Feet
Reliefs

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.528 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75426
Old object number: 3493

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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