teapot

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Object Type
Museum number: 1887,0307,G.71
Description: Teapot and cover, salt-glazed stoneware,bag-shaped form, moulded with pecten-shell ornament and floral designs in the spaces; scallop-shells on lid; the reliefs have been oil-gilt.
Producer name
Production date: 1765 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Staffordshire
Materials: stoneware; gold
Technique: moulded; salt-glazed; gilded
Dimensions: Diameter: 6.10 inches (with spout and handle); Height: 5.10 inches
Curator's comments: In the V&A Museum is the mould for a cream jug with similar shell design, signed R W (Ralph Wood) and dated 1749.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,G.71

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