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Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Indeo Pottery, Bovey Tracey
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Indeo Pottery, Bovey Tracey (Maker)
Place of Origin
Bovey Tracey; Devonshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1971.0193
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer
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Object Number
1971.0193
Object Name
Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Indeo Pottery, Bovey Tracey (Maker)
Place of Origin
Bovey Tracey; Devonshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular round black sticker printed in gold, "GUARANTEED/ D.M. & P. MANHEIM/ ANTIQUES CORP./ 46 EAST 57th STREET/ NEW YORK CITY/ GENUINE"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Scratch-blue
- Incised
- Thrown
- Slab-constructed
Dimensions (inches)
4.56 (H) x 3.18 (W) x 2.87 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.59 (H) x 8.09 (W) x 7.3 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Adams, Brian & Thomas, Anthony. 1996 A Potwork in Devonshire: The History & Products of the Bovey Tracey Potteries 1750-1836.
• Bovey Tracey pottery (book overall) and comparative example: pp. 71-72.Catalogue: Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown PA (sales cat.).
• Scratch-blue flat-sized salt-glazed tea canister: Sold January 11, 2008, lot 1767, incised "Eliz\th Taylor/1767" within floral and scroll wreath, possibly Bovey Tracey.Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Flora scratch-blue square canister inscribed "Martha Saymore/September ye 21th 1770": September 9, 2009 (London), lot 7