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

Teapot and Cover

1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot and cover of earthenware with a white glaze, and painted in green and red over the glaze. Painted with brush decoration of green leaves and red spots.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed and painted
Brief description
Teapot with cover, earthenware, white glaze, painted in green and red overglaze. Made by Johnson Brothers and painted by A.E. Gray and Co. England, Hanley, 1920.
Physical description
Teapot and cover of earthenware with a white glaze, and painted in green and red over the glaze. Painted with brush decoration of green leaves and red spots.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A ship
  • 'A.E. Grey and Co. Hanley, England' (Printed)
  • '1594' (Painted in red)
  • Johnson Bros England (The maker's mark, Johnson Bros England, is underneath the A.E. Gray mark.)
  • 1594 in red (painted pattern mark)
Gallery label
Teapot made by A.E. Gray and Co., Stoke-on-Trent, 1920 Earthenware C.466 & A-1934 Given by A.E Gray & Co.(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by the Secretary of the British Institute of Industrial Art
Object history
Formerly in the collection of the British Institute of Industrial Art.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.466&A-1934

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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