Teapot

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Teapot

Datec. 1756–1762

Made inEngland

MediumSalt-glazed stoneware with enamels

Dimensions4 3/8 × 4 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (11.1 × 10.8 × 19.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.71.107.A,.B

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Kilroy Center

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DescriptionGerman and Dutch potters introduced the technique of making salt-glazed stoneware to England in the seventeenth century. Durable and hygienic, salt-glazed stoneware gained great popularity in the eighteenth century, eventually surpassing that of delftware. While English potters made salt-glazed stoneware with various body colors and decorated it with colored slips and enamels, much was white with molded decoration and sometimes with elaborate piercings. This teapot commemorates Frederick II of Prussia, who became an important ally of Britain in the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763).
Provenance[Ginsburg & Levy, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, January 29, 1962; given to MFAH, 1971.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed on band, above bust of Frederick the Great: Fred.Prussia Rex

[no marks]

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