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Tea Pot with Lid

PeriodCirca 1790-1806

Place MadeLane End, England

MediumFeldspathic Stoneware

Dimensions6.63 × 3.88 × 10 in. (16.8 × 9.8 × 25.4 cm)

Markings"32" impressed on base; adhesive label "262 J. B. Morris, Jr."

ClassificationsStoneware

Credit LineGift of J.B. Morris Jr., 1950.

Object number1979.501.79

DescriptionTeapot with lid in a paneled ovoid shape. "C" scroll handle, tapered and faceted spout. Molded rope twist edge along gallery top, outlined in cobalt blue. Band of polychrome flowers in iron red and pale green along shoulder. Swag border along top of body, outline in cobalt blue. Pair of bucolic oval cartouches in polychrome enamels, of (A) stream, waterfall and rock, flanked by applied sprigs of two women in classical draperies, one kneeling with book, at left, and single standing woman in classical draperies at right, and (B) countryside with house at left, church in background, flanked by cupid at left and standing woman with sword and axe at right. Bottom of teapot has simple inverse swag outlined in cobalt blue. Ovoid paneled lid with shallow molded knop, edged in cobalt blue, and simple molded swag in blue and pale green.
NotesJohn Turner (b. 1738) established a pottery in Staffordshire in or before 1762, specializing in jasper, basalt and creamwares of high quality. From circa 1781-1792, Turner (and after his death in 1787, his sons) and Andrew Abbott had a retail shop in London. In 1784 Turner was appointed Potter to the Prince of Wales. After Turner's death in 1787, sons John and William continued their father's business until 1804, when John Turner withdrew from the partnership. According to Roussel, "Turner was one of the few potters to use enamelling of feldspathic stoneware, and his cartouches usually consist of scenes from English country life."

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