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Teapot
Wedgwood, Josiah ((1730 - 1795))
Low round teapot in the Egyptian taste, red stoneware, standing on a shallow footring, lower body moulded with zig-zag pattern, angular handle and short curving spout, sides sprigged in basalt with an Egyptian fret or meander, below a band of mixed hieroglyphs (crocodiles, canopic jars etc) and four larger motifs; fan-moulded cover with basalt crocodile knop handle, and spout similarly sprigged with Epyptian motifs.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30116
Creation/Production
Wedgwood, Josiah
Acquisition
Gift, 1903
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10
Length
(cm): 21.3
Width
(cm): 13.8
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 8
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
sprigged
decoration
Applied Art
Material
red stoneware
basalt
Location
Gallery 07A South
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