Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Teapot

Booth, Enoch (Decorator)
Morgan, Frederick (Decorator)

Teapot and cover, cream-coloured earthenware, crazed yellow-green lead glaze, lathe and stilt marks on the underside; flattened globular body, low footring, loop handle with kick terminal, tapering upturned spout, low recessed cover with double button knop; powdered manganese ground with a quatrefoil reserve on each side painted in underglaze blue and manganese with buildings in a landscape, the cover painted with a band of shells and scrolls in underglaze blue and manganese.

This teapot is a rare example attributed to Enoch Booth and probably decorated by Frederick Morgan.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 32267

Creation/Production

Frederick Morgan was apprenticed as a china painter in Bristol and is still recorded there in 1742. A Frederick Morgan died in Tunstall in March 1743. The name is also recorded on a creamware teapot inscribed 'F Morgan / March 1743' (information via Oliver Fairclough, 2000).
Role: Production
Role: Workshop
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Place: Tunstall, Staffordshire
Period: 1743 ca

Acquisition

Gift, 8/2/1994

Measurements

Height (cm): 9.3
l(cm) handle to spout:17.8
l(cm)
Width (cm): 8.9
Height (in): 3
l(in) handle to spout:7
l(in)
Width (in): 3

Techniques

Painted
Decoration
Applied Art
Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Creamware

Location

In store
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