Teapot
Dateca.1755
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (agateware)
DimensionsH: 5"; OW: 8"; D: 2 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-863
DescriptionTeapot of pentagonal-house profile. The base rectangular and the sides rising vertically. The sides, at the corners, continuing downward to form the feet. The top flat with rabbet for the cover. The cover rectangular, with recumbent lion-form finial. The spout S-shaped with molded shells at the base and the opening shaped as an open mouth. The domed-profile handle C-shaped, oriented in plane with the sloping side. The handle with a small flat protrusion at the apex to form a place for the thumb to rest. The underside of the pot glazed, though the bottoms of the feet are not. The yellow-tinged lead glaze over a body of laid agateware in cream and burnt sienna.InscribedNone
MarkingsNone
Provenancewith M. F. Phillips, Milford, Staffordshire
Exhibition(s)
1775-1780
1695-1714
Ca. 1770
ca. 1740
1740-1760
1700-1720
ca. 1795
ca. 1810
1790-1810