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Teapot

Dateca. 1755

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumStoneware, salt-glazed, with black and pink

DimensionsOH: 4"; OL": 7 1/4" spout to handle

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2010-37,A&B

DescriptionWhite salt-glazed stoneware teapot with inset, flat lid; crabstock spout, handle, and knop; body and lid decorated in black with all-over textile-type pattern of rows of foliate designs interspersed with rows of diapering; handle, spout, and knop streaked in black to mimic wood. Bottom of pot covered in closely spaced dots. Pot has faint pink tint.
ProvenancePurchased from Leo Kaplan Ltd., New York, NY