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Teapot

Artist/Culture Unidentified Staffordshire Potteries British

Dateabout 1825

Mediumceramic

Dimensions16.5 x 25.4 cm (6 1/2 x 10 in.)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineBequest of Grenville H. Norcross

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ceramic

Object number1937.22

DescriptionWashington before Mt.Vernon. Blue ware decoration in dark blue shaped rectangular body with domed cover and curved spout and scroll handle.Label TextIn the decades before the American Civil War, the pottery industry in Staffordshire, England, supplied the majority of ceramic tablewares used in middle-class homes in the United States. Competition among Staffordshire potters was fierce, and they adopted imagery intended to appeal to American consumers, such as George Washington at his Mount Vernon estate seen in these items from a tea set. —ProvenanceGrenville H. Norcross, Boston

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