Teapot
MakerPossibly made by
Enoch Wood & Sons
(English, July 1818-1846)
After a work byProbably after a wood engraving by
John Warner Barber
(American, 1798 - 1885)
Dateabout 1840
MediumMold-formed buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze and underglaze cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height including lid x width x depth): 6 1/4 x 10 x 5in. (15.9 x 25.4 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Philip H. Hammerslough
Object number1964.116.1a-b
DescriptionRectangular lidded teapot made of buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The teapot (.a) has a rectangular foot and swelled sides that narrow and then swell again just below a standing rectangular rim. A molded handle is applied opposite a molded spout. The teapot is decorated with a pattern and border that is transfer-printed in underglaze cobalt blue on each side and on the spout. The pattern shows three people in a sailboat with a single mast and sail on a body of water. Two more individuals are standing and one is sitting on the shore in the near foreground. Beyond the river, a building sits on a shore at the base of a mountain. A crenellated tower is at the top of the mountain. The pattern is surrounded on all sides by a border of shells and flowers on a dark blue field. This same border is printed on the inside and outside edges of the rim, with an additional line of evenly-spaced, small, white flowers at the rim. The handle is decorated with the same border as well.
The teapot has a rectangular lid (.b) with a raised, rectangular finial in the center and a small hole in the ceramic to one side. The lid is probably not original to the teapot, because it has a different transfer-printed border of flowers and scrolls on a light blue and dark blue field. There is a small line of white circles at the edge of the rim. The teapot has crazing over all surfaces.
NotesSubject Note: The pattern on these ceramics, titled "WADSWORTH TOWER", shows a tower built in 1810 by Daniel Wadsworth. The tower was built on top of Talcott Mountain, on Wadsworth's country estate, "Monte Video," in the town of Avon, Connecticut. Wadsworth's home on the estate, pictured in other Staffordshire ceramics, was near Wadsworth Tower, but is not pictured in this pattern. The tower commanded a fine view of the Connecticut river valley and was a popular resort for sight seers. It was blown down in 1840.The teapot has a rectangular lid (.b) with a raised, rectangular finial in the center and a small hole in the ceramic to one side. The lid is probably not original to the teapot, because it has a different transfer-printed border of flowers and scrolls on a light blue and dark blue field. There is a small line of white circles at the edge of the rim. The teapot has crazing over all surfaces.
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