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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
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.
History note: Theodore Charbonnier, Lynmouth Art Gallery; from whom bought on 8 October 1912 for £7.7s by Dr Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Width: 8.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1745
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
Accession number: C.528 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75426
Old object number: 3493
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75426 Accessed: 2024-11-05 21:12:24
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