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Maker(s):Leigh, Charles and Jacob
Culture:French
Title:teaset
Date Made:1780-1820
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: red earthenware decorated with inlaid band of agate ware with lead glaze
Place Made:France; Douai
Accession Number:  HD 81.040
Credit Line:Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Vanderbilt Fund for Curatorial Acquisitions
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
French red earthenware, 10-piece teaset (3 cups, 4 saucers, 1 sugar bowl, 1 tea pot, 1 wastebowl) decorated mid-body with two bands of beading flanking a band of inlaid agate in shades of gray, tan, dark brown, and reddish brown in a swirled design. This piece was formerly in the collection of John B. Morris, Jr., given to Deerfield Academy (#2103/853), and then purchased from DA in 1981. According to Jonathan Rickard, this set was made at the Douai factory of Charles and Jacob Leigh - two Yorkshire brothers who operated a pottery in France in the early 19th century.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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