Pepper Pot
ca. 1750 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware covered with a mottled lead glaze and clay, and moulded, impressed and pierced |
| Brief description | 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. |
| 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
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| Other number | Sch. II 260 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:1088-1885 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2009 |
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