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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Salt-glazed stoneware with floral decoration in the famille rose style.
White stoneware salt-glazed and painted overglaze in yellow, orange, pink, blue, green, brown and black enamels. The pear-shaped teapot has an applied loop handle and a slightly curved spout. The lid has an acorn knob. The teapot is painted on both sides with a flowering branch, dominated by a large pink flower. Around the mouth of the teapot is a border of half-flowers; the rim of the lid is bordered with the corresponding other halves of the flowers. The lid also has a floral spray either side of the handle. The handle, spout and knob are painted brown.
History note: Provenance unidentified before collection of W. L. Chew of Hankelow Court, Audlem, Cheshire; bought by Mr Stoner for 17 guineas as Lot 15 in the sale of the Chew collection on 15 June 1910 on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest.
Width: 12.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II
George III
Circa
1755
CE
-
Circa
1765
CE
The teapot is decorated in imitation of Chinese 'famille rose' style porcelain. This style was characterised by soft colours, including notably a rose-pink, which this teapot imitates particularly well. Famille rose porcelain was produced in China specifically for the Western market, where Oriental wares were viewed as the height of fashion. However, they were also very expensive. English potters produced objects like this teapot in the cheaper material of salt-glazed stoneware for middle class customers who could not afford genuine Chinese porcelain.
Body With Lid
Height 10.4 cm
Body Without Lid
Height 8.4 cm
Body
white
Stoneware
Enamels
Salt-glaze
Painting overglaze
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: stick-on octagonal white paper collector’s label with blue-border; illegible in places, some parts of the label missing entirely
Accession number: C.601 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75617
Old catalogue number: 3125
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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