Advertising Teapot
Dateca. 1810
MediumYellow-glazed earthenware (lead-glazed earthenware)
DimensionsOH: 11 3/4" (including lid); OL: 17 3/4" (handle to spout); OD: 10 9/16" (body at widest point).
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Troy D. Chappell Fund
Object number2023-319,a&b
DescriptionAdvertising teapot: circular footring supports the large globular body that rises to a short cylindrical neck; the molded tapering spout with a 25-hole diamond shaped strainer is opposite the extruded ear-shaped handle with leaf-shaped thumb rest. The low-domed lid with a short rim and deep bezel topped by an inverted teardrop knop. The teapot covered allover in a yellow glaze; hand-painted and transfer printed in black on one side with a ship amidst waves beneath an arched verse reading, "May we allways have good Tea bread & butter plenty / Sugar store & water more to fill this pot when empty". Below the ship the verse, "Pray ladies all do make so free / And tell us how you like your Tea / Comefill up your cups & let them move round / That we may continue in Sisterly love" above a leafy floral swag. The other side painted with a basket of flowers sitting on a table. The lid painted ensuite with floral sprays. The footring, handle, spout tip, edge of the lid, and knop picked out in black.InscribedHand-painted and transfer printed in black on one side with a ship amidst waves beneath an arched verse reading, "May we allways have good Tea bread & butter plenty / Sugar store & water more to fill this pot when empty". Below the ship the verse, "Pray ladies all do make so free / And tell us how you like your Tea / Come fill up your cups & let them move round / That we may continue in Sisterly love".
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceBefore October 2023, unknown; October 2023 [John Howard Antique English Pottery, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, UK); October - November 2023 [Robert Hunter, Yorktown, VA]; November 15, 2023 to present, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)
