Description:
English creamware teapot with cover decorated in iron-red and black, possibly by William Greatbatch (1735-1813). Greatbatch was a well-known Staffordshire potter, who had also worked for Thomas Whieldon and Josiah Wedgwood as a supplier of molds and ceramic wares; this pot's form and decoration is common to other identified Greatbatch wares. One side of the body is painted with a verse: "true Love is pure and will endure" framed with feathery sprays, diminishings arcs, and ribbon shapes. The other side has two hearts intertwined with a ribbon over a banner inscribed "Love unites us", encircled with similar decoration. Christie's East, NYC, sold a creamware teapot with similar decoration and the verse "Love Unites us" on one side, and "When this you see / Rememer me / tho many miles / we distant be" on the reverse, which they listed as William Greatbatch's. The globular pot has a ribbed, double-twisted loop handle with flower and leaf terminals (see Towner 1978, p. 209, #19), which were found at the Greatbatch site; a curved, fluted spout with molded acanthus leaves around its base, which is also typical of Greatbatch but also used by many potters; and a slightly domed lid with an applied reclining flower knob with a flower and leaf terminal. The edge of the lid is decorated with a scalloped red band, each scallop with five black diminishing arcs, and the center is encircled by a molded rope band.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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