Teapot
ca. 1810 (manufactured)
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Teapot with cover, red stoneware ('rosso antico' ware) with applied relief decoration in black. Decorated with an assortment of Egyptian motifs, including crocodiles and the winged disc associated with the god Horus.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Red stoneware ('rosso antico' ware) with applied relief decoration in black |
| Brief description | Teapot with cover ('rosso antico' ware), red stoneware with applied relief decoration in black, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., England (Stoke-on-Trent), about 1810 |
| Physical description | Teapot with cover, red stoneware ('rosso antico' ware) with applied relief decoration in black. Decorated with an assortment of Egyptian motifs, including crocodiles and the winged disc associated with the god Horus. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'WEDGWOOD' (Impressed) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Decorated with an assortment of Egyptian motifs, including crocodiles and the winged disc associated with the gods Horus and Edfu. Part of a range of 'hieroglyphic' ware developed by Josiah Wedgwood II in the early nineteenth century. |
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| Accession number | 2375&A-1901 |
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| Record created | June 28, 2005 |
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