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Teapot
English (Staffordshire)
about 1765
Object Place: Europe, Staffordshire, England, Staffordshire
Medium/Technique
Lead-glazed cream-colored earthenware
Dimensions
12.06 x 18.41 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard C. Paine
Accession Number1977.649a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionLead-glazed earthenware. Hexagonal body with molded chinoiserie decoration on each panel, including scenes of a boy with a bird and a woman with a bowl of fruit and a child. Design source for the relief decoration is probably George Edwards and Matthew Darly, "A New Book of Chinese Designs" (1754). Floral-molded spout. Cabbage leaf handle. Lid and shoulder are scroll-molded. Finial is in the form of a flower. Green glaze with uncolored and manganese panels, manganese finial. Lid and rim are repaired.