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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware with impressed and mould-applied decoration
White stoneware, with impressed and mould-applied decoration, and salt-glaze. The teapot has a globular body supported by three lion's mask and paw feet. It has a cylindrical neck, a long curved spout moulded with scrolled stems, and a handle moulded in the from of a dragon. The circular cover has reeded sides, and an almost flat top with a replacement bird knob (possibly in place of a lion). The shoulder of the pot is decorated with small mould-applied reliefs of rosettes, leaves, and bunches of grapes. Below there is a continuous pattern of impressed vertical lines forming triangular and arched motifs.
History note: Imported from Holldand by Mr Staal, Brownlow St, Holborn, from whom bought for £4 on 17 November 1905 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10 cm
Length: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1740
-
1750
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Pot
Height 9 cm
Decoration
Handle And Spout
Reliefs
white Stoneware
Accession number: C.517 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75364
Old object number: 2547
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75364 Accessed: 2024-12-26 20:30:05
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