Teapot: C.7 & A-1999

Current Location: Gallery 10 (Octagon)

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

Entities

Teapot
Cover

Description

Cream, brown, and blue agateware, with the body in the shape of a pecten shell

Cream, brown, and blue agateware, press-moulded, and lead-glazed overall except for a small area on the base. The body is moulded on each side in the form of a pecten shell. The round loop handle flattens and has a slight kick at the base. The curved spout has a slight ridge half-way up and terminates in a serpent's head with an open mouth. The oval, slightly domed and fluted cover has a knob in the shape of a Buddhist lion.

Notes

History note: Messrs A.F. Allbrook, Essex, from whom purchased in September 1978 by Sir Ivor Batchelor; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor

Legal notes

Given by Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor

Measurements and weight

Height: 13 cm
Length: 17.3 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1999-01-18) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

Mid-18th Century
Circa 1745 CE - 1760 CE

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Cream, brown, and blue agateware, press-moulded, and lead-glazed overall except for a small area on the base
Lead-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Collecting & Giving: Highlights from the Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest page(s): 90
The Delhom Gallery Guide, English Pottery page(s): p. 108
An Anthology of British Teapots page(s): p. 15
The Herbert and Sylvia Jacobs Collection of 18th and Early 19th Century English Pottery, 24th January 1994
European Ceramics, Glass, Silver, 12 September 2000 page(s): p. 16
Important English Pottery, The Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection page(s): 116
English Pottery and Chinese Export Art

Related exhibitions

Collecting & Giving

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.7 & A-1999
Primary reference Number: 28516
Entry form number: 101
Old object number: 46
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 2 February 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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