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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware decorated with panels of relief decoration
White stoneware, slip cast with integral relief decoration, and salt-glazed. The teapot has an inverted pear-shaped body of hexagonal section, a curved octagonal spout, and loop handle. The hexagonal cover is slightly domed and has a restored recumbent dog or fox (?) knob. The panels on the sides are decorated with an imperial eagle, the fable of the Fox and the Crane, Cupid riding on a lion, a fox stealing a goose, Danaë amongst clouds above a unicorn, a huntsman with hounds, and a shield above a running stag.
History note: Sotheby’s , 23 April 1926 part of lot 5 with two plates; bought by Hunt for £2 on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10 cm
Length: 14.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
-
1750
Teapots with notched handles have sometimes been attributed to Thomas and John Wedgwood of the Big House, Burslem. The motifs on the side are rather blurred, probably because the pot was cast from a frequently-used mould. The motifs also occur on tea bowls and saucers, coffee cups, and sugar basins.
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Base
Width 4.5 cm
Body
Spout
white Stoneware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with two upper corners cut and a narrow dark blue line edge on all but the lower edge
Accession number: C.576 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75561
Old object number: 4867
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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