Teapot & cover, scratch blue

Date1740-1760

MediumStoneware, salt-glazed, white with blue (scratch blue)

DimensionsOH (with lid): 5 1/4"; OH (no lid) 4 3/16"; L: (with handle and spout): 7 5/16"; W (body): 3 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975-170,A&B

DescriptionWhite salt-glazed stoneware teapot decorated in scratch blue commerating Admiral Vernon. Six-sided molded body tapering from bulbous belly towards sharply angled shoulder and vertical 1/4" socket. Two of six sides are elongated, shape echoed by shoulder, socket and wide flaring foot. Molded spout with sharpspine along top and bottom. Rolled handle applied as loop with pinched base and cut with two fingers holds at hightest point.
ProvenancePurchased from Jellinek & Sampson Antiques, London
Ex collection: A. C. J. Wall
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. London

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