Teapot
- Object Name:
- Teapot
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.066 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Leeds, England/Staffordshire district
- Date:
- circa 1790
- Description:
- Teapot with cover. Pearlware earthenware. Urn-shaped body with narrowing neck, D-shaped strap handle and S-shaped spout with built in strainer. Hand-painted decoration in blue consists of chevrons and scrolls. Narrow blue line near base, and below outside rim. 1 3/8" band below shoulder with deeper blue line and leaf design. Loops and leaf design below band. Button finial on cover with blue design, same wide blue band on cover with same decoration.
Object register: A - teapot B - lid. - Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-6.25 W-8.7 Dia-5.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
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