IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 75434 accession number: C.53 & A-1997 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 16 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cream-coloured earthenware, painted onglaze in pale lilac and a little green enamel. Cylindrical with sloping shoulders, gently curved spout, and large intertwined rope handle, with split ends resembling leaves extending horizontally along the sides of the pot for a short distance on each side. The base and shoulder have a band of rouletted beading. The circular cover is slightly domed, and is pierced by a hole. It has a band of rouletted beading near the edge, and a knob in the shape of a flower on a stalk with two leaves. A flange under the rim fits inside the neck of the pot. One side of the pot is decorated with a spray of stylized flowers and foliage, enclosed by an oval frame of stylized fern fronds and tendrils. On the other side is the inscription 'I: Chapman/1774' enclosed by a similar wreath. The shoulder has a stylized floral spry on each side.The cover is decorated with two stylized floral sprays, and the knob is picked out in lilac and has two green leaves. object type: Creamware painted in lilac enamel title: teapot NOTES ----- type: history note value: uncertain before donor, G.H.W. Rylands, Litt. D., CBE, CH, King's College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75434 TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: lead-glazed earthenware category: creamware DATING ------ creation date: 1774 - 1774 creation date earliest: 1774 creation date latest: 1774 culture: 18th Century, third quarter# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Swinton Pottery maker: Malpas & Fenney DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 17 CITATIONS -------- Rockingham Pottery and Porcelain 1745-1842 Recent Excavations at the Swinton Pottery: White Salt-Glazed Stoneware and Creamware Pre 1785 Swinton Creamware and Pearlware c.1770-1820 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_53_20_26_20A_1997_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_53_20_26_20A_1997_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_53_20_26_20A_1997_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_53_20_26_20A_1997_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_53_20_26_20A_1997_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_53_20_26_20A_1997_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_53_20_26_20A_1997_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_53_20_26_20A_1997_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_53_20_26_20A_1997_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/mid_C_53_20_26_20A_1997_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/C_53_20_26_20A_1997_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa3/preview_C_53_20_26_20A_1997_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels