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Teapot
Thomas and John Wedgwood, Big House factory
1740-1760
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Thomas and John Wedgwood, Big House factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
2024.0014.059 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of John A. and Judith C. Herdeg
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Object Number
2024.0014.059 A, B
Object Name
Teapot
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Thomas and John Wedgwood, Big House factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1740-1760
Subject(s)
- Aesop
- Aesop's Fable
- Biblical scene
- Morality
- Bible
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Dimensions (inches)
5.31 (H) x 6.89 (L) x 4.13 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.5 (H) x 17.5 (L) x 10.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Very similar pattern block mold from Thomas and John Wedgwood Bog House factory, Burslem, Staffordshire, c. 1745+Book: Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Blocks and salt-glazed stoneware tea and coffeeware in related alleghorical patterns: nos. 96-99Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 2005 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles.
• Master mold for very similar teapot (see also Mountford): p. 84, fig. 71, c. 1745-50.Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 2005 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles.
• Master mold for differently detailed alleghorical-paneled teapot: p. 85, col. pl. 54, c. 1745-50.Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 2005 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles.
• Salt-glazed white stoneware tea and coffeeware featuring alleghorical reliefs: pp. 94-97.Book: Skerry, Janine E. & Hood, Suzanne Findlen. 2009 Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.
• Salt-glazed white stoneware alleghorical wares in America: see pp. 117-19, no. 28, including archaeological references.Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 06//1994 Aesop's Fables on English Ceramics. Antiques. CXLV (6): 867-877.
• Fables as inspiration for relief-decoirated salt-glazed tea and coffee ware: pp. 872, 874-5Book: Luxmoore, Chas. F. C. 1924 English Saltglazed Earthenware.
• Two sizes of similar form and (seemingly) pattern teapots: pl. 28.Book: Emmerson, Robin. 1992 British Teapots & Tea Drinking 1700-1850.
• Saltglazed white teapot of similar form, perhaps from different mold: pp. 9-10, no. 4, probably Staffordshire, c. 1740-60