Teapot
Date1760-1770
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)
DimensionsOH: 4 1/2"; OW 7 1/2"; Diam: 4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-407
DescriptionTeapot: the hexagonal base flaring up and outward in an inverted pear shape with six lobes--two between the handle and the spout; these latter elements conforming to the mold lines and to two of the lobes. The body molded with a diamond basket pattern interrupted on each lobe by cartouches bordered by flowers and foliage. The leaf-molded handle of ear-shape with a scrolled lower terminal kick. Applied opposite the handle is the S-shaped spout molded with a cross-hatched diamond ground. The conforming cover of hexagonal shape with molding to match the body and a central rosette-shaped knop. The teapot decorated with green and ochre oxides under the glaze in a striated pattern, precluding the cartouches which are undecorated.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceIn 1960, with Ernest Allman (Liverpool, England) who sold the teapot to Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA) where it remains to the present.
ca. 1763
ca. 1745
ca. 1775
1766-1770
