teapot

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Object Type
Museum number: 1895,0617.1
Description: Teapot and cover, black basalt, cylindrical, the slightly domed cover surmounted by a moulded figure of a widow, engine-turned and ornamented with applied moulded reliefs: Cupid and lion, Cupid and fawn, Venus and Cupids; and 'Sterne's Maria'. Marked.
Producer name: Made by: Elijah Mayer; After: Sterne (design); Manner/Style of: Josiah Wedgwood I
Production date: 1786 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Hanley
Materials
Technique: engine-turned; moulded; applied; relief
Dimensions: Diameter: 6.60 inches (with handle and spout); Height: 4.40 inches
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; myth/legend
Associated names: Representation of: Eros/Cupid; Representation of: Aphrodite/Venus; Representation of: Virgin Mary
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1895,0617.1
Conservation

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