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Morgan, Frederick (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).)
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
Booth, Enoch
Morgan, Frederick
Acquisition
Gift, 8/2/1994
Given by W. J. Grant-Davidson
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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