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Factory:
Creil or Montereau
(Possibly)
Production:
Creil or Montereau
(Possibly)
Yellow-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in black
Yellow-glazed cream earthenware transfer-printed onglaze in black. The teapot stands on a footring, and has a globular body with a tall, slightly everted gallery, gently curved spout, and loop handle. The domed cover is pierced by a steam hole, and has a flat button-shaped finial. Under its rim there is a flange which rests on a ledge inside the gallery of the teapot. Both sides of the pot are decorated with the same rural scene featuring two peasant women standing on a bank, and a man with a girl mounted behind him on horseback. The inside and outside of the gallery are decorated with a floral border below a row of adjacent circles. The back of the handle is decorated with a spray of flowers, and there is an arrangement of flowers at the bottom of the spout, and two sprigs at the top. The cover is decorated wth groups of flowers and a row of adjacent circles, and there is a flower on the finial.
History note: Uncertain, but possibly the mother of the donor, G.H.W. Rylands, Litt D., CBE, CH, King's College, Cambridge
Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands
Height: 10.6 cm
Length: 18.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1997-07-14) by Rylands, G.H.W.
1820s
Circa
1820
CE
-
1830
CE
Decoration composed of ceramic printing colour ( black)
white
Earthenware
yellow
Lead-glaze
Lead-glazing : Earthenware with yellow lead-glaze, transfer-printed in black
Accession number: C.37 & A-1997
Primary reference Number: 74696
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74696 Accessed: 2024-11-15 20:51:15
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