Staffordshire teapot with white mould-applied sprigs

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Teapot and cover. Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery. The globular pot has a short cylindrical neck, and stands on three feet moulded in the form of a lion's mask with a paw below. It has an upward-tilting slightly curved spout and a rounded loop handle with a kick at the bottom. One side is decorated with a long bust of a man in profile to left flanked by cockerels, with below, a flowering plant flanked by a leaf and an acorn spray. On the other side there is a long bust of a woman in profile to left accompanied by similar motifs, except that the last two are transposed. There is a band of slip round the rim and inside the tip of the spout, and a splash on top of the handle. The domed cover has an acorn knob, and a small ventilation hole, and is decorated with three sprigs, a bust of a man, and two leaves. A band of cream slip encircles the edge. Red earthenware, thrown, with applied handle and spout, standing on three moulded feet, and decorated with white mould-applied sprigs, and cream slip under slightly yellowish lead-glaze. Height, whole, 13 cm, length, whole, 19.3 cm, 1730-1750. Rococo. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.8 & A-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 859 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 93.64kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1

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18th Century _WF_ArtFund _WF_Batchelor acorn acorns applied brown cover Early Rococo earthenware English Fitz_AA fruits Georgian glazed globe globular handle handled knob lead-glazed lidded lions paws pottery Rococo seeds slip slipware spout spouted sprig sprigs Staffordshire Pottery taking tea teapot teapots teaware thrown vessel

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