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Pepper pot
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Pepper pot
- Place of origin:
Staffordshire, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1750 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware covered with a mottled lead glaze and clay, and moulded, impressed and pierced
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:1088-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 5, shelf 5
Physical description
Pepper pot of earthenware covered with a mottled manganese-brown lead glaze, and moulded in the form of a head of a smiling black man with curly hair mottled brown, eyes touched in with dark brown clay, and round shoulders, impressed with rows of circles and dots, forming a base in which is an aperture, and the top of the head is pierced with small holes.
Place of Origin
Staffordshire, England (made)
Date
ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware covered with a mottled lead glaze and clay, and moulded, impressed and pierced
Dimensions
Height: 10.8 cm
Descriptive line
Pepper pot of earthenware covered with a mottled lead glaze, and moulded and pierced in the form of a head of a smiling black man, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1750.
Materials
Earthenware; Lead glaze; Clay
Techniques
Moulded; Pierced; Impressed
Subjects depicted
Man
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection code
CER
