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Coffee pot
Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley partnership, Wedgwood - Etruria Works
1775-1780
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley partnership (Maker)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2008.0012.001 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Dr. A. Monnie Kanter
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Object Number
2008.0012.001 A, B
Object Name
Coffee pot
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley partnership (Maker); Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Etruria; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1775-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Impressed "Wedgwood / & Bentley"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, circular paper label with "·The KANTER · COLLECTION·" in black print and an image of a collection of antiques
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "L08.1017/ .1 a" handwritten in pencil
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Engine-turned
- Molded
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
8.071 (H) x 6.417 (L) x 4.567 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.5 (H) x 16.3 (L) x 11.6 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Length is from handle to spout
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Kanter, A. Monnie. 1993 Some Thoughts on Wedgwood & Bentley Teawares. Ars Ceramica. No. 10: 6-13.
• Published: pp. 6-9Book: Edwards, Diana. 1994 Black Basalt: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers.
• Two engine-turned teapots with sibyl finials: p. 56, figs. 32-33, c. 1774-80 and c. 1775-80Book: Adams, Elizabeth Bryding. 1992 The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
• Wedgwood basalt teaware: pp. 69-71Article: Rickard, Jonathan & Carpentier, Donald. 2004 "The Little Engine that Could: Adaptation of the Engine-Turning Lathe in the Pottery Industry". Ceramics in America. 78-99.
• Engine-turning, rouletting and history for dipped and other English ceramics: whole article.