Description:
Liverpool soft-paste porcelain (bone ash body), baluster-shaped coffeepot with a domed cover with an acorn finial and flared foot, decorated overall with floral sprays in red, orange, purple and green. According to Maurice Hillis, scholar of Liverpool porcelain industry (visited HD on March 4, 2003), the coffeepot's scroll handle with its bamboo moldings and shaped spout are typical of porcelains manufactured by Seth Pennington's pottery. Seth Pennington (1744-1827) was the youngest of three brothers, James (1728-1804) and John (1733-1786) Pennington, each of whom operated porcelain factories in Liverpool. Seth opened his factory in 1778 by taking over an existing porcelain factory on Shaw's Brow previously operated by Richard Chaffers and Philip Christian. Seth used a composition based on bone ash rather than continuing with the soapstone body used by Chaffers and Christian. He was initially in partnership with John Part from 1778-1799, then John Edmundson from 1799-1803, and John Edwards from 1803 to 1805 when production ceased.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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