Teapot and Cover
ca. 1755-1765 (made)
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Teapot and cover of cream-coloured earthenware decorated with sponged underglaze pigments. Squat globular, with crabstock handle, spout, and flower head finial, decorated with applied moulded rosettes/flower heads and with meandering plant stems.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cream-coloured earthenware, with applied moulded decoration, decorated with sponged pigments under a lead glaze |
| Brief description | Teapot and cover, cream-coloured earthenware, with applied moulded decoration and decorated with sponged underglaze pigments, possibly Thomas Whieldon's factory, Staffordshire, ca. 1755-1765 |
| Physical description | Teapot and cover of cream-coloured earthenware decorated with sponged underglaze pigments. Squat globular, with crabstock handle, spout, and flower head finial, decorated with applied moulded rosettes/flower heads and with meandering plant stems. |
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| Production | See D. Barker and P. Halfpenny, Unearthing Staffordshire (1990), cat. 22, for another of this pattern attributed to Thomas Whieldon's factory (and dated ca. 1755) by comparison with fragments excavated from his factory site at Fenton Vivian. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.369-1923 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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