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Teapot

Dateca. 1760

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

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

DimensionsOH: 4 3/4"; OW: 5 3/8" ODiam: 3 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975-143,A&B

DescriptionTeapot of realistically modeled pear form. The underside with three stilt marks and concave with appropriate blossom scar. The cover formed from the upper portion of the pear. The handle of somewhat ear-shaped form, but fashioned as a curving twig that continues onto the cover where it rises to form a slight knop. Applied leaves sprout from this twig. The spout an everted S-curve with a leaf-molded body. The glaze clear over a variegated oxide-washed body, comprising mostly greens and yellows on the body and the spout, and dark brown to the twig. The body cream-colored. The contact points unglazed. The cover itself with a long flange to keep it from falling off when pouring.
Label TextAlthough once attributed to Whieldon's pottery, archaelogical excavations from several potteries in Staffordshire reveal evidence of pear-shaped teapots.
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ProvenanceWith Jellinek & Sampson, London, 1975.

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