//
For internal use only
Not On Display
Teapot
1776-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (caneware)
Museum Object Number
2007.0021 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Bernadotte P. Lester
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
2007.0021 A, B
Object Name
Teapot
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1776-1810
Materials
- Stoneware (caneware)
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
4.37 (H) x 3.78 (W) x 6.496 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.1 (H) x 9.6 (W) x 16.5 (L)
Measurement Notes
Length measurement is from handle to spout
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Information on Wedgwood's caneware production, Vol. I, pp. 496-504; similar cane teapot illustrated p. 496 (Fig. 714)Book: Adams, Elizabeth Bryding. 1992 The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
• Similar caneware bamboo teapots made by Wedgwood and Bentley ca 1780 p. 270 (Nos. 425 and 426). Also illustrated p. 147 (Color plate 135)Article: Edwards, Diana. 2000 Recent research in the Wedgwood Archives: Early Developments in Caneware. Ars Ceramica. (No. 16): 36-39.
• Similar caneware teapot with Wedgwood & Bentley mark: pp. 36-37, fig. 1, 1776-80. Also transcription of December 1777 Josiah Wedgwood remarks on "Imitations of Bamboo Teapots & c..."