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On Display: House - Newport Hall
Teapot
1730-1750
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1978.0104 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1978.0104 A, B
Object Name
Teapot
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1730-1750
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular beige label with "816" in black ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Rolled
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
Dimensions (inches)
5.394 (H) x 8.346 (L) x 4.843 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.7 (H) x 21.2 (L) x 12.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Sotheby & Co.. auction catalogue: .
• Sold at auction: London, Sir Victor and Lady Gollancz collection, July 15, 1975, lot 70Catalogue: 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Mug, possibly by same hand: London, Rous Lench sale, May 29-30, 1990, lot 144, baluster-shaped redware mug with sgraffito bird and flower elements and "g B" (sic) initials.Book: Hobson, R. L. 1903 Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum.
• Jug decorated in same style with birds and flowers, dotted background: pl. XXIV, no. G39