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Teapot

1865 (made), (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cylindrical body with loop handle and straight spout. Decorated with festoons of ivory and two medallions suspended by ribbons on which are represented respectively three cupids sacrificing a goat and a classical soldier in a chariot with two attendants. Round the top is a laurel wreath and round the bottom is an acanthus-leaf border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot Body
  • Teapot Cover
Materials and techniques
stoneware
Brief description
Teapot of Wedgwood's white jasper ware, with relief ornament in lilac and green. Mark, "Wedgwood" impressed. English (Etruria); 1865.
Physical description
Cylindrical body with loop handle and straight spout. Decorated with festoons of ivory and two medallions suspended by ribbons on which are represented respectively three cupids sacrificing a goat and a classical soldier in a chariot with two attendants. Round the top is a laurel wreath and round the bottom is an acanthus-leaf border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Diameter: 9.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by C. B. Farmer
Object history
Given by C. B. Farmer, Esq.
Collection
Accession number
27&A-1904

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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