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Pale blue jasper teapot with applied sprig reliefs, Neale & Co

Image attached to C.109 & A-1992

An image of Sprigged stoneware/ Jasper ware. Pale blue jasper teapot with Shylock & Portia sprigs. Neale & Co., probably, Staffordshire, Hanley, Church Works. James Neale & Co./ Neale & Wilson. Oval with straight sides, flat shoulder with a circular scalloped gallery surrounding the almost flat cover which has a pierced ball knob; straight sloping spout moulded in two halves and having sixteen holes forming a lozenge behind it in the wall of the pot; ear-shaped handle with a cusp on the lower side. The lower edge is decorated with a white 'rope' over which there is a zone of engine-turned basket weave. Above on one side there is a white relief of Portia flanked by two plants and two small trees, and on the other side a white relief of Shylock flanked by two plants and two small trees. The top edge is decorated with pierced white overlapping circles. The cover has a central knob with white horizontal white band, surrounded by alternating four-petalled flowers and addorsed leaves. The lower part of the spout is moulded in relief with acanthus and the handle is reeded and has an acanthus leaf at the top and a smaller one at its base. Pale blue jasper, engine-moulded (handle and spout separately), and sprig decorated, height, whole, 12.2 cm, length, handle-spout, 23.5 cm, width, whole, 10.9 cm, length, body, 13.1 cm, circa 1785-1790. Neoclassical.

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Sprigged stoneware/ Jasper ware. Pale blue jasper teapot with Shylock & Portia sprigs. Neale & Co., probably, Staffordshire, Hanley, Church Works. James Neale & Co./ Neale & Wilson. Oval with straight sides, flat shoulder with a circular scalloped gallery surrounding the almost flat cover which has a pierced ball knob; straight sloping spout moulded in two halves and having sixteen holes forming a lozenge behind it in the wall of the pot; ear-shaped handle with a cusp on the lower side. The lower edge is decorated with a white 'rope' over which there is a zone of engine-turned basket weave. Above on one side there is a white relief of Portia flanked by two plants and two small trees, and on the other side a white relief of Shylock flanked by two plants and two small trees. The top edge is decorated with pierced white overlapping circles. The cover has a central knob with white horizontal white band, surrounded by alternating four-petalled flowers and addorsed leaves. The lower part of the spout is moulded in relief with acanthus and the handle is reeded and has an acanthus leaf at the top and a smaller one at its base. Pale blue jasper, engine-moulded (handle and spout separately), and sprig decorated, height, whole, 12.2 cm, length, handle-spout, 23.5 cm, width, whole, 10.9 cm, length, body, 13.1 cm, circa 1785-1790. Neoclassical.

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  • Accession Number: C.109 & A-1992
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/39.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 428.29kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 39/1

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18th Century basket weave baskets blue blue and white British School engine moulded English Fitz_AA Georgian handled James Neale & Co jasper ware jasperware knob moulded Neale & Co Neale & Wilson neo-classical Neoclassical relief scalloped scalloped edge Shakespearian Shylock spout spouted sprigged Staffordshire Pottery stoneware teapot

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