| Maker(s): | Wedgwood, Josiah & Sons
| | Culture: | English (1759-2005)
| | Title: | teaset
| | Date Made: | 1805-1815
| | Type: | Food Service
| | Materials: | ceramic: lead glazed, refined white earthenware (pearlware), underglaze cobalt blue enamel, transfer print; overglaze iron-orange enamel, gilding
| | Place Made: | United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire; Etruria
| | Accession Number: | HD 0913
| | Credit Line: | Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English 35-piece pearlware teaset decorated in red, blue, orange, and gilding, which includes a teapot and cover, cream jug, sugar bowl and cover, waste bowl, 10 teacups, 11 saucers, 8 coffee cups, and 2 dishes. Some of these pieces are impressed with the "WEDGWOOD" mark on the base. The design is an interpretation of an Imari pattern (a style originating in Japan and copied by the Chinese), popular in the early 19th century and being produced by the English porcelain companies, notably at Derby and Worcester. The Wedgwood factory produced a long series of patterns, based on these "japonaiseries" designs being produced on porcelain, primarily on earthenwares (creamware, pearlware and whiteware)) although at least 8 of the "Japan" patterns designed for earthenware were transferred to bone china of the first period (1812-1828). The pattern on this set may be pattern #26 or #21. The forms of the teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug were popular from 1805-1815; the coffee cups are the "bute" or straight sided shape with a "9" style handle, and the U-shaped teacups have the same handle. See also a plate (HD 53.105) in the same pattern.
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