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Camel Teapot
Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware, slip cast in the form of a crouching camel
White salt-glazed stoneware, slip cast in the fom of a camel crouching on a shaped base, with on its back, a tall hexagornal erection secured by two girths. The camel's neck and head with open mouth forms the spout. The loop handle is formed of a flat scalloped band with impressed foliage and flowers. In the panels on the upper part there are Chinese figures and buildings. The domed hexagonal cover has raised lines between its panels, a narrow ribbed border, and a hexagonal slightly conical knob with waisted sides.
History note: J.W. Ford Collection, Enfield; sold Sotheby's, 25 June 1906, lot 51; bought by S.G. Fenton, for £12.10s. 0d, on behalf of Dr Glaisher, who paid him £13.15s. 0d.; Dr J.W. L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.5 cm
Length: 18.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1755
CE
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Slip casting
: White salt-glazed stoneware, slip cast
Salt-glazing
Accession number: C.572 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75552
Old object number: 2446
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Camel Teapot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75552 Accessed: 2024-11-08 15:32:58
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