teapot

Wedgwood, Thomas & Wedgwood, John



teapot

Wedgwood, Thomas & Wedgwood, John

Summary

Public: Octagonal baluster-shaped teapot, white salt-glazed stoneware, with slip-cast relief panels containing naked figures and fantastic creatures. Private: Baluster-shaped teapot of octagonal section, tapering from broad rounded shoulder to narrow spreading foot, with short straight octagonal neck. Tapering plain octagonal spout, plain handle with two broad notches cut in thumb rest, and three small nicks in rat's tail lower terminal. Body slip-cast with row of eight blank horizontal panels around foot, surmounted by eight vertical relief panels of fantastical creatures and naked figures. Panels comprise, from right of handle to spout; scene from Aesop's Fables illustrating fox and stork, surmounting figure astride a lion, above a swan; bearded head in profile, surmounting gryphon with dead bird in its mouth, above two seated figures flanking large heart; reclining naked figure, surmounting unicorn; coat of arms bearing three fleurs-de-lys, surmounting stag and bird. Panels repeated in same order from right of spout to handle. Domed octagonal cover, with relief decoration comprising borders of simple fans and groups of leaves, flat button finial and small pierced hole to one side. White body with sharp relief decoration and several air bubbles.


Object Name

teapot

Date Created

c 1740=1760

Dimensions

without cover: 10.2cm
with cover: 13.1cm
handle to spout: 16.9cm
: 10.5cm

accession number

1923.487

Place of creation

Burslem

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

Legal

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