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Tea canister (Tea bottle)
1780-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.017
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.017
Object Name
Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1780-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Round orange sticker, handwritten in ink "124" (Bernard Collection number)
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular sticker, handwritten in ink, "ON430/$375"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Macaroni
- Satire
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
4.625 (H) x 3.438 (W) x 2.625 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.748 (H) x 8.733 (W) x 6.668 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lewis, John & Lewis, Griselda. 1984 Pratt Ware: English and Scottish relief decorated and underglaze colored earthenware 1780-1840.
• Two pearlware ("pratt ware") canisters with same relief subjects: p. 234, also noting one attributed to Gordon's Bankfoot Pottery, Prestonpans, Scotland.and another impressed "LEEDS POTTERY",Web Site: Haggarty, George. Haggarty, George (2009) Belfield and Gordon's Potteries' Scotland Ceramic Resource Disk 8. The Northern Ceramic Society Journal, 26. National Museums Scotland 2015 http://repository.nms.ac.uk/305/
• Plaster of paris molds and fired pearlware tea canisters bearing same relief themes (differently detailed):: pp. 238-239, the molds being from the site of the Belfield pottery Cuttle, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland