Creamware Transfer-Printed and Enameled Documentary Cylindrical Teapot and Cover
Manufacturer
Staffordshire
Date1778-1782
MediumCream-colored earthenware
DimensionsHeight 5 in. (12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPORCELAIN
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker
Object number2008.DA.2.265a,b
DescriptionTransfer-printed in black and colorfully enamelled on one side with 'The Astrologer' depicting two fashionable ladies standing by a man seated at a desk and being observed by a peeping Tom behind his chair, the reverse with 'The XII Houses of Heaven' inscribed beneath Published as the Act Directs Jany. 4 1778 by W. Greatbatch Lane Delf Stafford., the handle and spout issuing from purple-sponged panels reserved with green circlets and floral vignettesand repeated on the cover flanking the ball knop and separating cherub's heads, the shoulder and foot molded with beadwork bandsStatus
Not on view