Teapot & cover, "When this you see Remember
DateCa. 1765
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (creamware / cream-colored earthenware)
DimensionsOH: 5"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1993-159,A&B
DescriptionOval-shaped creamware teapot with flattened cover with flower finial, the entwined handle terminating in leaves and flowers, the fluted spout molded with a stiff leaf band, painted in red and black with hearts joined by a ribbon above the motto "Love Unites Us", the reverse with the inscription "When this you see Remember me tho many miles we distant be," between rope-twist bands.ProvenancePurchased by source from Christie's South Kensington Ltd., London, Sale #POR 6206, Lot 183, August 5, 1993 for CWF. Formerly in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Farnham.
Exhibition(s)
May 12, 1794
1787 (dated)
1728 (dated)
ca. 1810
1785-1800
ca. 1827
March 25, 1708 (dated)
1824-1828 (range of the entires in the album).