15929704270001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76918170249436241916455412060001702494121150fitz-onlineadlib-object-76918https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76918576cf340-678a-3f67-9ea6-67e376e24c655referenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-113617adlib-term-113617e7f652e0-545e-352e-bece-b5fb0dff1b88white salt-glazed stonewareHeightcm10.1Body With LidHeightcm9.5Body Without LidVine-leavesreferenceterm-120129adlib-term-120129a45642f3-9302-308f-b788-bda050bd2509spriggingApplied ArtsSalt-glazed stoneware painted in enamels with a turquoise blue ground and floral decoration om reservesWhite salt-glazed stoneware painted overglaze in blue, green, pink, yellow and black enamels. The bulbous hexagonal body has an s-curved spout and a loop handle; on the lid is a twidyrf ribbed handle. The body and spout are moulded with serrated-edge leaves in relief. Sprigged to the body on either side of the handle are additional moulded vine leaves and grape-bunches. The teapot is painted in a bright sky blue except for the vine leaves, which are green, the grapes, which are purplish-pink, and the almost round reserves on each side of the teapot. The reserves have a dark purplish-pink border and contain, on one side of the teapot, a spray of flowers and, on the other, a vase of flowers. Two similar flower-filled, purplish-pink-bordered reserves decorate the lid.EC.25 & A-19381accession numberEC.25 & A-193876918priref76918urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76918https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76918stick-on white paper collector's label with brown border and printed with a brown elephant headon basehandwritten in black inkNo.5 SALT-GLAZED PERIOD iii 1741-1760labelstick-on white paper collector's label with brown border and printed with a brown elephant headinside lidhandwritten in black inkNo.5 SALT-GLAZED PERIOD iii 1741-1760labelstick-on circular paper labelon basehandwritten in pencil with printed blue text in borderJ. HENRY GRIFFITH'S/COLLECTION printed round the edge, and ? 178 in the middle in pencillabelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased from the Glaisher Fund.referenceagent-150858adlib-agent-150858d36d1847-4d6a-33eb-974b-f4b061db49f9Sotheby's193819381938-05-20bought17551755CE1755circa1755176511765CE1765circa1765potteryreferenceagent-188517adlib-agent-188517a4d0d1d4-8017-34fb-acc6-a16158a7529bUnidentified Staffordshire PotteryThe use of a coloured ground around a central reserve is designed to imitate the decoration of contemporary European porcelain. The bright sky blue colour used on this teapot emulates the famous ‘bleu céleste’ ground colour introduced by the Vincennes porcelain manufactory in 1753, although the coverage is not as even or as neat as was achieved by the French porcelain manufacturers. English potters produced salt-glazed stoneware, a relatively cheap product, in imitation porcelain, a very expensive one, in order to meet the demand of the middle classes. In the 18th-century there was a large, aspiring middle class in England, who wanted to emulate the habits of the gentry, including the elaborate social ritual of tea-drinking, but could not afford the luxury European and Oriental porcelain teawares used by the wealthy.referenceterm-106496adlib-term-106496bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-25189907099318th Century, Mid#referenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIturquoise-blue, green, pink, purplish-pink, yellow and black enamelsreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelswhitereferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-37110adlib-term-37110ef92f1a8-1400-3fa3-863f-e099781ea442salt-glazeWidthcm17.5referencemedia-48863adlib-media-48863dfe9c605-6f1e-3a23-a8a8-afeef80041ddjpegaa/aa3/EC_25_20_26_20A_1938_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162818819331imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_EC_25_20_26_20A_1938_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162818819331imagejpegaa/aa3/EC_25_20_26_20A_1938_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162818819331imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_EC_25_20_26_20A_1938_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162818819331image0media
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imagereferenceterm-91394adlib-term-913942bb189d3-6008-3a4e-abbb-eb2a240e0739teapotteapot and coverhistory noteformerly in the collection of J. Henry Griffiths; later in the collection of Wallace Elliot and purchased by the Fitzwilliam Museum on 20 May 1938 as Lot.94 in at the Wallace Elliot sale, Sotheby’s, from the Glaisher Fundreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. p.58 for information about the use of coloured grounds on salt-glazed stoneware to emulate porcelain58referencepublication-3518adlib-publication-3518e5ee7538-2e37-36f8-a85e-4633321ea64bThe Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stonewarereferencepublication-5642adlib-publication-56428bcf80f1-2771-3eb1-af18-1dad68194db1White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Islesreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoreferenceterm-91394adlib-term-913942bb189d3-6008-3a4e-abbb-eb2a240e0739teapotteapotpress-moulded stoneware body, with applied moulded handle and spout and sprigged vine reliefs, salt-glazed and painted overglaze in turquoise-blue, green, pink, purplish-pink, yellow and black enamelsreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingin turquoise-blue, green, pink, purplish-pink, yellow and black enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-120043adlib-term-1200435cfbfafc-b55f-3261-8e8b-6043f5d90289salt-glazingobject
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