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Tea canister
Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
Print by: John Sadler (English (Liverpool), 1720–1789)
Print by: John Sadler (English (Liverpool), 1720–1789)
English
about 1765
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Glazed earthenware (creamware), transfer-printed decoration
Dimensions
13.3 x 7.2 x 5 cm (5 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Richard Baker
Accession Number96.783a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPrinted ware, of glazed soft paste with cream white ground; landscape with shepherd and sheep on one side, and man woman, and servant at tea-table under tree on the other; the pictures are in dark brown; wreath around knob on cover. Printing done by Sadler.
Marks
Impressed Wedgwood
Label on reverse: Midland Counties Art Museum Nottingham Castle
Label on reverse: Midland Counties Art Museum Nottingham Castle
ProvenanceBequest of Mrs. Richard Baker to the MFA in 1896 (Accession Date: December 3, 1896)