Teapot cover
James Neale & Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
1778 - 1786
Materials
Basaltware
Measurements
120 mm (Height); 180 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881129.2.2
Summary
Cover for a black basalt cylindrical teapot with tubular spout, ear-shaped loop handle, almost flat cover with widow finial, decorated with mother and children from a Neale and Co. part tea service decorated with figures divided by Greek vessels all in relief. Below the relief work is a band of vertical ribbing, the narrow bands are etched. The 1799 inventory records '2 black teapots and 2 milk jugs'.
Provenance
unknown
Marks and inscriptions
(impressed mark) NEALE AND CO
Makers and roles
James Neale & Co., potters