Staffordshire stoneware teapot decorated in relief

An image of Teapot. Uncertain production, Staffordshire. The body is oval in plan with a slighly concave base. The sides curve outwards from the base and then rise almost vertically to the flat shoulder. The oval mouth has a raised edge and an internal horizontal flange to support the cover which is slightly domed and has a ventilation hold, and an open flower knob. The pot has an upward curving spout with eight holes surrounding two holes in the wall behind it to emit the tea. The strap handle has an acanthus leaf at the top and bottom, and an internal spur about a third of the way up. The sides of the pot are decorated in relief with a row of yellowish-green anthemion motifs between horizontal blue bands, above which is a scrolling black stem bearing blue and yellow stylized flowers and pale turquoise trefoil leaves. The shoulder is decorated with radiating yellowish-green pointed leaves with blue and yellow bell-flowers in the spaces. The mouth is encircled by white spots on a blue band. The spout has black scrolling foliage and a yellow flower on each side, a yellow stroke on the top, three blue and two yellow flowers on its underside and a blue band round its mouth. The foliage on the handle is outlined in black and it has a vertical yellow stroke on its back. The cover has a band of black scrolling foliage with blue and yellow flowers, and a circle of pointed yellowish-green leaves around the junction of the knob, whichhas a blue and white centre. Red dry-bodied stoneware, slip-cast, glazed internally, and painted externally in two shades of blue, pale turquoise, yellowish-green, yellow, white, and black enamels. Height, whole, 9.1 cm, length, whole, 18.9 cm, width, whole, 10 cm. Neoclassical.

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Teapot. Uncertain production, Staffordshire. The body is oval in plan with a slighly concave base. The sides curve outwards from the base and then rise almost vertically to the flat shoulder. The oval mouth has a raised edge and an internal horizontal flange to support the cover which is slightly domed and has a ventilation hold, and an open flower knob. The pot has an upward curving spout with eight holes surrounding two holes in the wall behind it to emit the tea. The strap handle has an acanthus leaf at the top and bottom, and an internal spur about a third of the way up. The sides of the pot are decorated in relief with a row of yellowish-green anthemion motifs between horizontal blue bands, above which is a scrolling black stem bearing blue and yellow stylized flowers and pale turquoise trefoil leaves. The shoulder is decorated with radiating yellowish-green pointed leaves with blue and yellow bell-flowers in the spaces. The mouth is encircled by white spots on a blue band. The spout has black scrolling foliage and a yellow flower on each side, a yellow stroke on the top, three blue and two yellow flowers on its underside and a blue band round its mouth. The foliage on the handle is outlined in black and it has a vertical yellow stroke on its back. The cover has a band of black scrolling foliage with blue and yellow flowers, and a circle of pointed yellowish-green leaves around the junction of the knob, whichhas a blue and white centre. Red dry-bodied stoneware, slip-cast, glazed internally, and painted externally in two shades of blue, pale turquoise, yellowish-green, yellow, white, and black enamels. Height, whole, 9.1 cm, length, whole, 18.9 cm, width, whole, 10 cm. Neoclassical.

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Accession Number: C.1272 & A-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 727 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 422.28kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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18th Century acanthus anthemions British brown enamel enamelled English Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage handle handled knob knop leaves lidded neo-classical Neoclassical pottery service ware serving piece slip cast slipware spout spouted Staffordshire Pottery stoneware tableware teapot yellow

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