Teapot and Lid, From a Thirteen Piece Tea Set

Wedgwood and Sons

Caption

Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, 1759–present). Teapot and Lid, From a Thirteen Piece Tea Set, ca. 1871. Glazed earthenware, 3 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 4 in. (9.8 x 18.4 x 10.2cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1998.90.1a-b.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Teapot and Lid, From a Thirteen Piece Tea Set

Date

ca. 1871

Medium

Glazed earthenware

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

3 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 4 in. (9.8 x 18.4 x 10.2cm)

Markings

On bottom of teapot, hand painted in dark pink color, "A104 / -O-"; also printed in alizarin color, from top to bottom on the base of teapot, "THE ELDER BREWSTER TEAPOT / The Original was brought to / AMERICA / In Ye / MAYFLOWER AD 1620 / And has been exactly copied and / Reproduced / By / RICHARD BRIGGS BOSTON / From Ye Ceramic Collection Of Gov. Lyon 1871" Stamped on bottom, "Wedgwood" and a faint inverted "C"

Credit Line

H. Randolph Lever Fund

Accession Number

1998.90.1a-b

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