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Teapot
Samuel Bell
1724-1744
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Bell (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Newcastle-under-Lyme; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2024.0014.025 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of John A. and Judith C. Herdeg
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Object Number
2024.0014.025 A, B
Object Name
Teapot
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Samuel Bell (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Newcastle-under-Lyme; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1724-1744
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Slip-cast
- Rolled
Dimensions (inches)
4.09 (H) x 3.54 (W) x 6.34 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
10.4 (H) x 9 (W) x 16.1 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Lead-glazed redware teapot of similar overall shape with different relief decoration: pp. 256-57, no 144 ab, possibly Samuel Bell Pomona Works, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, 1724-44. Shown with stoneware block mold for similar teapot.Article: Bemrose, Paul. 1975 The Pomona Potworks, Newcastle, Staffs., Part II. Samuel Bell, his Red Earthenware Productions 1724-1744. Transactions of the English Ceramics Circle. 9: 292-303.
• Lead-glazed redware hexagonal teapots of similar overall shape but with different reliefs, excavated at Bell Pomona Works: Pls. 195 a&b, 196c.Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 1998 English Dry-Bodied Stoneware: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers 1774-1830.
• Similar body and form with different reliefs: col. pl. 1, attributed to Samuel Bell's Pomona Works, c. 1724-44