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Teapot in the form of a camel
Made at: Staffordshire (England)
English (Staffordshire)
about 1745
Object Place: Europe, Staffordshire, England
Medium/Technique
Salt-glazed stoneware, slip-cast
Dimensions
20.5 x 9.4 x 23.9 cm (8 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George Linder
Accession Number08.166a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSlip-cast in the form of a recumbent camel with a rectangular howdah on its back. Serpent handle, figural knop. The sides of the howdah based on engraved plates from Stalker and Parker, "A Treatise on Japanning" (London 1688).
Provenance1908, gift of Mrs. George Linder to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1908)