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
Creators Name
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
Collection Group
Place of creation
Burslem
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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