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Teapot

Datec. 1770

Artist/Maker Leeds Pottery

OriginEngland, Yorkshire, Leeds

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)

DimensionsOW: 7 1/4" (spout to handle); 4" (body) OH: 4 7/8" (with lid); H: 4 1/8" (without lid)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1969-13,A&B

DescriptionLead-glazed earthenware (creamware) teapot of squat, baluster form with vertical fluting and a diamond-pierced gallery at the rim. A loop handle opposite a plain S-shaped spout; recessed base. The high-domed fluted lid with ball-shaped knop fits within the pierced gallery. The body and lid are decorated with vertical green stripes.
InscribedUnderside of pot with collection label "DC Towner 270" (Donald C. Towner collection).
ProvenancePurchased from Otto Wasserman, 825 Madison Avenue, New York City, New York (1969) who acquired it at the Sotheby's sale of the Towner collection.

Ex coll: Donald C. Towner: (Published: Sotheby's Co. CATALOGUE OF THE WELL-KNOWN COLLECTION OF CREAMWARE, Feb. 13, 1968 (London, 1968, lot 98), purchased by source at this sale.