Wedgwood teapot with The Tea Party, and The Shepherd

An image of Teaware. Teapot and cover. Wedgwood, Josiah (English, 1730-1795), Staffordshire. Green, Guy, printer (British, act.1756-1799). Globular with leaf-wrapped spout, double entwined handle with rounded foliate terminals and close-fitting circular cover surmounted by a flower finial. Decorated on one side with The Tea Party, on the other with The Shepherd, and on the cover with two floral sprays. Lead-glaze, transfer-printing onglaze. Pale cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware) printed onglaze in black. Height, whole, 14.4 cm, length, whole, 21.7 cm, circa 1780. Rococo

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Teaware. Teapot and cover. Wedgwood, Josiah (English, 1730-1795), Staffordshire. Green, Guy, printer (British, act.1756-1799). Globular with leaf-wrapped spout, double entwined handle with rounded foliate terminals and close-fitting circular cover surmounted by a flower finial. Decorated on one side with The Tea Party, on the other with The Shepherd, and on the cover with two floral sprays. Lead-glaze, transfer-printing onglaze. Pale cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware) printed onglaze in black. Height, whole, 14.4 cm, length, whole, 21.7 cm, circa 1780. Rococo

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Accession Number: C.729 & A-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 839 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 95.36kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1

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