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Miniature covered teapot
English (Staffordshire)
about 1750
Object Place: Europe, Staffordshire, England
Medium/Technique
Salt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions
8.25 x 10.79 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Vera Elkind
Accession Number1997.168a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSalt-glazed stoneware with cobalt glaze and white enamel decoration. Teapot has a globular body; its domed lid has an acorn finial and a slightly flared edge. Hand-rolled ear-shaped handle and everted foot. Exterior is coated in cobalt-blue glaze ("Littler's blue") with painted white enamel floral sprigs on either side of the body. What painted dots along handle. Similar decoration on lid.
Marks
Label on reverse: LoMax Collection