Description:
English pearlware oval teapot with cover and handle, with relief decoration and cobalt blue trim in the style of Castleford wares. This set was purchased by Mr. Morris from Susan B. Hawks (1883-1946), a Sheldon descendent who last owned the Sheldon House before it was bought by Henry N. Flynt (1893-1970) in 1946. She had an antiques business in the house where she sold many locally-obtained pieces, so the set could have been a family set or one purchased from a local family. The domed lid has a flower finial over a band of inverted leaves in relief, encircled by two thin blue bands; the attached C-scroll handle has a line of acanthus leaf decoration in relief and edged in blue; the flared rim and flat base are edged in blue; and the coiled spout is attached to the center front of the body, with the lip edged in blue and an acanthus leaf base. The body is divided into three horizontal bands by thin blue lines: the narrow top row has abstracted scrolls and fleur-de-lis in relief; over a wide middle row of scrolling leaves, vines, and foliage in relief; over the narrow base row of vertical leaves in relief. There are two large acanthus leaves in relief outlined in blue around the handle and spout.
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