Teapot

Date1770-1780

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

DimensionsOH (with lid): 5 7/8"; OW(with handle and spout): 9"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund

Object number2001-7,A&B

DescriptionGlobular creamware teapot with S-curved spout, reeded entwined handle with foliate junctures, and floral finial on lid. Lid and body painted with so-called King's Rose or Cabbage Rose pattern of floral sprays with large central rose motifs in red, green, yellow and black over-glaze enamels.
Label TextTea and coffee wares decorated in the King's Rose or Cabbage Rose pattern were popular in both England and America in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
ProvenancePurchased from Lisburne Lane Antiques in Ordinary, Virginia.