Object Number 1955.0136.031 A, B

Object Name

Teapot (Miniature teapot)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1750-1770

Materials

Earthenware (creamware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Sponged

Dimensions (inches)

3 (H) , 3.5 (L) , 2 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7.62 (H) , 8.89 (L) , 5.08 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Length is overall measurement of lid to spout.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 74, pl. 4.2
[Catalogue] Barker, David & Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1990 Unearthing Staffordshire Towards a New Understanding of 18th Century Ceramics; Exhib. at International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, London 1990.
• Similar reliefs on tortoiseshell covered sugar & milk jug associated with Humphrey Palmer of Hanley, Stoke: nos. 16-17
[Book] Walford, Tom & Massey, Roger. Creamware and Pearlware Re-examined.
• Miniature tortoiseshell teapot (different model) glazed waster fragment from Cockpit Hill, Derbyshire site: p. 196, no. 43