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Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
White salt-glazed stoneware teapot on three feet, decorated with a large shell on both sides
White stoneware, with slip-cast body, applied moulded parts, and salt-glaze. The bulbous pear-shaped pot stands on three shell and paw feet, and has a slender curved spout with a bird's head at the top, and a rolled loop handle with three pairs of horizontal cuts in it, and a slight kick at the lower end. The oval, domed cover has a capstan-shaped, flat-topped knob with a piercd ventilation hole beside it. The body of the pot is decorated in relief on both sides with a large pecten shell, flanked by dolphins at the top. On one side of the hinge of the shell there is a male head with a semi-circular scrolled headdress., and on the other side, a semi-circle filled with two large and two small flowers and stylized foliage. The oval domed cover is decorated with two shell motifs and two flowers.
History note: Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson, Bournemouth in January 1917 and received at Cambridge on 17 January by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10 cm
Length: 11.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
-
1755
Shell motifs were a popular form of decoration on white salt-glazed stoneware teawares, including teapots, milk jugs, and sugar basins. A comparable shell teapot with lion's mask and paw feet is C. 585 & A-1928.
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
Cover
Length 5 cm
Body
Parts
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with upper corners cut and a blue line round all but the lower side
Accession number: C.586 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75587
Old object number: 4652
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/75587 Accessed: 2024-12-18 12:13:00
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