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Teapot
Samuel Bell, John Stalker, George Parker
1724-1744
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Bell (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Shelton; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1971.0277 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer
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Object Number
1971.0277 A, B
Object Name
Teapot
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Samuel Bell (Probable maker); John Stalker (Design inspiration); George Parker (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Shelton; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1724-1744
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside of teapot
Inscription: Black circular label with gold print: "GUARANTEED/ D.M.& P./ MANHEIM/ ANTIQUES CORP./ 46 EAST 57TH STREET/ NEW YORK CITY/ GENUINE
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Slip-cast
- Rolled
Dimensions (inches)
6 (H) x 7.62 (L) x 4 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14 (H) x 19.4 (L) x 10.16 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 01//2001 Chinese Motifs on English Earthenware and Stoneware at Winterthur. Washington Antiques Show Catalogue. 84-86.
• Published: p. 86, fig. 8Book: Volk, Joyce Geary. 2006 The Warner House: A Rich and Colorful History.
• Hexagonal slip-cast redware teapot fragment excavated at Warner House, Portsmouth NH: pp. 77-78, fig. 7.5, said to have "Aesop's Fable" imagery; shown with an intact hexagonal pot..Book: Stalker, John & Parker, George. 1971 A Treatise of Japaning and Varnishing. reprint of 1688, Oxford ed.: .
• Design sources: pl. 20 inspired panel to right of handle; pl. 22 inspired panel in ceter on same side of teapot; another probably inspired panel to left of handle.Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 06//1993 John Stalker and George Parker's Treatise: An Inspiration for Relief Decoration on English Stoneware and Earthenware. Antiques. 163 (6): 886-893.
• Stalker & Parker's Treatise of Japaning (1688) as earthenware and stoneware design source.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 WorksCatalogue: Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Pentagonal coffee or chocolate pot in lead-glazed redware with designs after John Stalker & George Parker (1688) Treatise: pt. XIX (1999), no. 567Book: Stalker, John & Parker, George. 1971 A Treatise of Japaning and Varnishing. reprint of 1688, Oxford ed.: .
• Reprint of 1688 book, published in Oxford.Catalogue: 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Enameled hexagonal salt-glazed Stalker and Parker relief teapot: January 24, 25 & 28, 2013 sale (NY), lot 329, yellow ground version with crabstock handle and spoutBook: Peirce, Donald C. 1988 English Ceramics: The Frances and Emory Cocke Collection.
• Polychrome enameled salt-glazed stoneware hexagonal teapot bearing relief Stalker and Parker scenes : p. 31, no. 21, c. 1760Article: 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.