Production: Hamada, Shoji
Pale grey stoneware teapot and cover with grey glaze. Painted in iron brown and greyish blue. The teapot has an oval body with a straight, upward tilting spout and strap handle with a small loop at the top. The body is divided into three by two brown bands. The lower part is blue, the next is plain with a blue triangle and three brown leaves on each side, and the should is plain. The handle and end of the spout are brown.
The cover is circular, with a similar loop on the rim, and a depressed centre which fits inside the neck of the pot. The rim is brown
History note: Purchased by the donor's late husband, Robert Hill in 1935 or 1936, from the "Little Gallery" (Muriel Rose) Sloan Street, London.
Given by Mrs A. Priscilla Hill
Height: 14.5 cm
Length: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1992) by Hill, Priscilla A., Mrs
20th Century
1935
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1936
Accession number: C.75A & B-1992
Primary reference Number: 75985
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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