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Teapot
1790-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (mochaware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2008.0003.010 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Barbara P. Katz
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Object Number
2008.0003.010 A, B
Object Name
Teapot
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1790-1810
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Buff-colored, circular paper label with "124/ K274" in blue and green ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (mochaware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Molded
- Trailed
Dimensions (inches)
4.291 (H) x 6.063 (L) x 3.622 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
10.9 (H) x 15.4 (L) x 9.2 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Length measurement is from the spout to the handle
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Slipp, Naomi & Coughlin, Maura. 2023 A Singularly Marine & Fabulous Produce: The Cultures of Seaweed. 222.
• Published: p. 92, no. 38Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 01//2009 Mocha and Dipped. mispelled Dripped: Wares: Combining Fashion and Fancy. Antiques and Fine Art. 286-87.
• Published: p. 286, fig. 1 leftBook: Barker, David & Crompton, Steve. Slipware in the Collection of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
• Virtually identical teapot: p. 170, probably North Staffordshire, c. 1800Article: Carpentier, Donald & Rickard, Jonathan. 2001 "Slip Decoration in the Age of Industrialization". Ceramics in America. (2001): 115-134.
• Application of mocha decoration: pp. 124-5, figs. 15-19, illustrating process.Book: Rickard, Jonathan. 2006 Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1939.
• Mocha decoration and history: p. 12 and chap. 4, pp.46-59.Book: Rickard, Jonathan. 2006 Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1939.
• Mochaware biscuit-fired teacup excavated at James and Ralph Clews Cobridge Works (1818-34), Staffordshire.Book: Adams, Brian & Thomas, Anthony. 1996 A Potwork in Devonshire: The History & Products of the Bovey Tracey Potteries 1750-1836.
• Mochaware wasters from Indeo Pottery, Bovey Tracey, Devon: p. 54, glazed and biscuit mocha ware wasters, c.1820-36Manuscript: Findlen, Suzanne Rae. "Taste and Choice in Early Portsmouth New Hampshire as Seen Through Ceramic Archaeological Evidence, 1700-1800" (MA thesis).
• Mochaware bowl with similar color ground excavated Hart-Shortridge House site, Strawbery Banke, New Hampshire: p. 136, no. 314 (A0207 DS1/2.8B.F1), late 18th C.-c. 1840 context