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Object 2012589A

Teapot

England (Staffordshire)

c.1750

Height with cover 125 mm (4.92 inch), height without cover 95 mm (3.74 inch), diameter handle to spout 180 mm (7.08 inch), dimension of mouthrim 50 mm (1.97 inch), diameter of footring 60 mm (2.36 inch), weight with cover 211 grams (7.44 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 30 grams (1.06 ounce (oz.))

Teapot of globular shape on spreading footring. Moulded handle and bent spout. The domed cover with a lion shaped finial. (Over?)-decorated in iron-red, green and gold. On the belly flowering plants in oval shaped panels surrounded bij incisions. On the shoulder Tudor roses, leafs and fruiting grapevine in low relief. On the cover Tudor roses, leafs and fruiting grapevine in low relief and a lion shaped finial.

In the mid-18th century, porcelain was rare and expensive in Europe. Because Staffordshire potters initially did not have the technique and materials to make the real commodity, they made white stoneware as imitation porcelain. White clay from southern England was mixed with crushed, heat-treated flint to form a material that could be superbly sculpted. Pots were then fired at a temperature of over 1000 degrees Celsius and ordinary salt, which oxidized to form the glaze, was thrown into the kiln. (Tippett 1996, p.39)

Condition: Three short hairlines to the neck. Chips to the tip of the spout and the rim of the cover and a hole chip to the belly.

Reference:

Tippett 1996, p.39

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