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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware with decorated with panels moulded in relief with motifs of animals and figures
Off-white stoneware, slip cast, and salt-glazed. The baluster-shaped pot has eight oblong panels over eight small rectangular panels on the sides, and stands on a spreading octagonal foot. The octagonal spout is small and slender. The small looped handle has two notches at the top. The octagonal domed cover has a flange on its underside to fit inside the teapot, and has a ventilation hole. and finial with a shallow conical top. The oblong panels are decorated in relief with the following on each side: a coat of arms over a stag; the fable of the fox and the crane over; Cupid on a lion; a bearded man's head over a fox stealing a goose; and Danaë amongst clouds over a unicorn. The lid has a narrow border round the outer edge, and a wider inner border of shell/flower motifs
History note: G. Bonfiglioli, Eastbourne, from whom bought in July 1925 for £5 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Width: 9.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1755
CE
Teapots with notched handles have sometimes been attributed to Thomas and John Wedgwood of the Big House, Burslem.
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
With Lid
Height 12.2 cm
Lid
Height 3.8 cm
Width 5.3 cm
Spout To Handle
Width 15.6 cm
Foot
Width 6.4 cm
Body
white Stoneware
Inscription present: white paper stick-on label with cut corners at the top
Accession number: C.577 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75563
Old object number: 4916
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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