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Teapot: C.612 & A-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware painted in pink and green enamels with flowers and foliage reserved in a bright blue ground

White stoneware, thrown, with applied moulded handle, spout, and knob, salt-glazed and painted in bright green, and shades of pink enamel. reserved in a blue dip ground, which also covers the base.The pot has an ovoid body, with a crabstock handle and spout, and a circular cover with a horizontal flower-shaped knob, and a small ventilation hole. It has five holes pierced in the side behind the spout to emit the tea. Both sides of the body are painted with pink roses and other flowers and with green foliage, reserved in an uneven blue dip ground. The cover is painted to match with two small floral sprays.

Notes

History note: J.W. Ford Collection, Enfield; sold Sotheby’s , 25 June 25,1906; lot 66; purchased for £25 by Mr George Stoner, from whom bought for £29 on 11 July 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge,.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 11.4 cm
Length: 17.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II or George III
Circa 1750 CE - Circa 1760 CE

Note

This pot resembles a group of salt-glazed stoneware known as Littler-Wedgwood blue ware which is partly or wholly covered with a blue dip containing cobalt before salt-glazing. But instead it appears to have been painted in blue enamel in which the floral decoration is reserved.

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, pink)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Base Diameter 6.4 cm
Body
Handle, Spout, Knob

Materials used in production

white Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.612 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75641
Old object number: 2475

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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