Teapot

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CultureEnglish

Titles

Teapot

Datec. 1775–1785

Possible placeEngland

Possible placeLeeds, England

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (creamware) with transfer print

Dimensions5 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (14 × 14 × 21 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, given in memory of Betty Black Hatchett

Object numberB.85.15.A,.B

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThe process of decorating ceramics by transferring the image from an engraved copper plate was used first in England in the early 1750s. Soft-paste porcelains were the first to be decorated this way, but soon potters were using transfer printing on delftware and creamware.
Provenance[Wynn A. Sayman, Richmond, Massachusetts]; purchased by MFAH, 1985.
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