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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Creamware with mould-applied reliefs and touches of green and purple underglaze oxides.
Cream-coloured earthenware with lead glaze and mould-applied reliefs touched with green and manganese-purple oxides underglaze. The teapot has a globular body, s-curved round spout and crabstock handle. Each side of the teapot features a symmetrical pattern with a flower at the centre with a scroll below and flanked by looped scrolls with flowers hanging from anthemia. The lid has a twig loop handle.
History note: Provenance unknown before Mr Piper, 55 South Street, Bishop’s Stortford, who sold for £1.5(25/-) on 7 February 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher bequest.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
Circa
1760
CE
Reliefs
composed of
underglaze colours
Whole (body And Lid)
Height 10 cm
Body
Height 7.7 cm
Width 15.9 cm
Handle
Spout
cream coloured
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Accession number: C.664 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 75780
Old object number: 4312
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Teapot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75780 Accessed: 2024-04-26 21:12:24
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Accession Number: C.58B-1918
Accession Number: C.119-1932
Accession Number: C.3 & A-1836
Accession Number: C.77 & A-1918
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