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Factory: Unidentified
Earthenware with rouletting on the body, moulded spout,and green lead-glaze, decorated with oil-gilding. The pot has a bulbous oval body, a curved spout with shell moulding round its lower part, a loop handle which is curved on the exterior, and a circular, very slightly domed cover with an oval knob. The body is decorated underglaze with rouletted horizontal dotted lines. On one side, painted in gold overglaze is the name and date 'Ann Morgan 1785' (?, date almost illegible) within a wreath of flowers and foliage; on the reverse there are similar sprays.
History note: Mrs Hemming, Little Brundes, Southborough, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent; sold with another teapot via Mr A.G. Hemming who brought it to his office at 1 King William Street, London, EC on 6 August 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1785
Attributed to Staffordshire on accession but could have been made in the north east
Decoration
composed of
gold
( in oily medium)
Spout
green
Lead-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: date almost illegible and may not be 85
Accession number: C.702 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75868
Old object number: 4402
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/75868 Accessed: 2024-12-23 13:15:04
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