agateware teapot

Summary

Public: Teapot in the form of a seated squirrel with a sheep's head, white and brown agate earthenware, with relief decoration of birds and flowering vines. Private: Teapot in the form of a squirrel seated upright on a small mound, clasping an acorn to its chest between forepaws. Loop handle with spur at lower terminal, S-shaped spout emerging from base of mound between hind paws, spout and handle both decorated with low relief flowering vines. Relief-moulded marbled white and brown agate earthenware, laid in narrow vertical strips to give regular repeat pattern of small brown patches within white borders, surrounded by finely streaked brown and white. Brown has bled slightly into the glaze, giving overall honey tone. Relief-moulded agate cover in form of sheep's head with two holes pierced at tip of nose, dark brown and white agate earthenware of different shade to main body.