Teapot

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Teapot

Datec. 1790–1810

Possible placeCastleford, England

Possible placeEngland

MediumSmear-glazed stoneware with blue enamel

Dimensions6 1/2 × 4 7/16 × 9 1/4 in. (16.5 × 11.2 × 23.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation at "One Great Night in November, 1990"

Object numberB.90.13.A,.B

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThis clay body of this stoneware teapot contains a high proportion of feldspar, which contributes to a near-translucent quality in the finished ware. British potteries began to produce white felspathic stoneware in the 1780s; it remained popular into the early years of the 1800s. Some examples were left unglazed, but much, like this teapot, received smear glaze, which was a variation of the long-established process of salt glazing.
Provenance[Art Trading, Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1990.
Exhibition HistoryMuseum purchase from a dealer exhibiting at The Theta Charity Antique Show in Houston

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