Teapot
Unknown Artist
ca. 1760
Medium
Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration
Dimensions
Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
British, Staffordshire
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, 1937
Accession Number
37.19.2a, b
Tags
About this artwork
This charming salt-glazed stoneware teapot exemplifies the refined ceramic production of mid-eighteenth-century Staffordshire. Created around 1760, the piece features delicate enamel decoration applied over the distinctive orange-peel texture of salt-glazed stoneware, a technique that dominated English pottery during this period. The compact form, standing just under three inches tall, demonstrates the sophisticated miniaturization that characterized British ceramic tea services. The enamel deco...