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Teapot

Dateca. 1750

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumWhite salt-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOH (without lid): 4"; OH (with lid): 5"; OL (spout to handle): 6"; OW: 4 3/16".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-143

DescriptionTeapot; white slip cast body in 4-lobed pear shape molded on 2 sides with graduated pecten shells (getting larger as descend) flanked by acorns on stems; molded spout with similar acorns on stems on either side. 4-lobed lid with molded pecten shells, turned finial, and flattened rim. Handle rolled and applied as loop with pinched base and cut notches and lines near top. Body supported by 3 lions-mask-and-paw feet. Enamelling--Lid with red trelliswork border with blue daisies in 2 reserves, 4 rose colored partially obscured flowers with green leaves at intersection of each pair of molded shells, double red line and 2 red daisies at base of finial. Both sides of body painted with variations of a drunken outstretched King Charles in a flowering (one side pink chrysanthemums, one side pink and blue flowers) oak with dark purple trunk and large green and a few blue leaves. Spout bears 2 green and 2 blue leaves. paw feet painted blue. Handle with 3 blue spirals, scrollwork, and simple lines.ProvenanceIllustrated: Griselda Lewis, A Picture History of English Pottery, pl. #109.