Teapot
Dateca. 1755
Decorator
John Hayfield
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumStoneware, salt-glazed
DimensionsH: 4 1/2"; OW: 7 1/2"; Diam: 4 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1964-46,A&B
DescriptionTeapot of globular form with C-shaped handle and S-shaped spout, both of crabstock disposition. The shoulder with a small bead constituting the collar and the cover of conforming shape to the rest of the pot. The twig handle bent in a rectilinear arch. The underside concave forming an asymmetrical triangular foot ring of sorts. The smooth, creamy gray glaze with polychrome enamel decoration. The ground of sketchily drawn black lines suggesting marble with random washes of pink, green, blue, yellow, and gray. The body with two large shield-form reserves, each of which with a landscape with stone buildings in a sort of mottled taupe and red roofs. The buildings in a parkland setting with fens and waterways. with blue and pink skies with small flocks of birds overhead. The cover with two comparable reserves with similar scenes, but on a much smaller scale. The decoration probably by the "Castle Painter," John Hayfield.Inscribedno
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ProvenanceEx Coll: The Rev. C. J. Sharp
with Sotheby's London, 10 March 1964, lot 72
with Tilley & Co., London
Exhibition(s)
1765-1775
1770-1780
1768-1770
1768-1770
1765-1775
1768-1775
1770-1775
1770-1775
1755-1760
1765-1775