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Teapot: C.664 & A-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

Creamware with mould-applied reliefs and touches of green and purple underglaze oxides.

Cream-coloured earthenware with lead glaze and mould-applied reliefs touched with green and manganese-purple oxides underglaze. The teapot has a globular body, s-curved round spout and crabstock handle. Each side of the teapot features a symmetrical pattern with a flower at the centre with a scroll below and flanked by looped scrolls with flowers hanging from anthemia. The lid has a twig loop handle.

Notes

History note: Provenance unknown before Mr Piper, 55 South Street, Bishop’s Stortford, who sold for £1.5(25/-) on 7 February 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher bequest.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

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

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Reliefs composed of underglaze colours
Whole (body And Lid) Height 10 cm
Body Height 7.7 cm Width 15.9 cm
Handle
Spout

Materials used in production

cream coloured Earthenware
Lead-glaze

Techniques used in production

Painting
Lead-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.664 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75780
Old object number: 4312

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 12 August 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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