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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Creamware decorated with underglaze oxides.
Lead-glazed creamware decorated with greyish-blue, green and purple underglaze oxides. The teapot has a globular body with crabstock handle and spout and stands on three feet, moulded to resemble paws with lion masks. The knob of the lid is moulded in the shape of a bird.
History note: Provenance unknown before Mr Harvey, Bournemouth; Mr Harvey sold on 18 July 1918 for £7.7 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher bequest.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
Circa
1760
CE
Body (without Lid)
Height 11.6 cm
Whole (body And Lid)
Height 14 cm
Width 21.3 cm
Body
Feet
Handle
Spout
cream coloured
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Underglaze colours
Inscription present: octagonal blue-borded white paper label
Accession number: C.667 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75782
Old object number: 4617
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75782 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:21:48
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