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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teapot and Cover

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drab thrown salt glazed stoneware teapot and cover of globular form with a curving spout and moulded handle, decorated with applied white sprigs and floral sprays

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Thrown salt glazed stoneware, with moulded and applied decoration
Brief description
Teapot and cover, drab thrown salt-glazed stoneware, Pearsons of Whittington Moor, England (Derbyshire), ca. 1890
Physical description
Drab thrown salt glazed stoneware teapot and cover of globular form with a curving spout and moulded handle, decorated with applied white sprigs and floral sprays
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 18.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MRS.N.BATTY.A.PRESENT.FROM.CHESTERFIELD' (Impressed inscription on one side)
Credit line
Given by John Hardy
Object history
Even without the inscription, the drap olive coloured stoneware and white springs would make this attributed to Pearsons. A hunting jug of roughly similar type illustrated by G A Godden Encyclopedia of British Pottery & Porcelain (1966) pl.453, is dated 1890
Collection
Accession number
C.106:1, 2-1994

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Record createdJune 15, 2004
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