Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification
Teapot
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Sansbury-Mills Fund, 1982
Accession Number
1982.67.1a, b
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delightful earthenware teapot, produced the American Pottery Manufacturing Company association with potter Daniel Greatbatch between 1838 1850, captures the spirit of early industrial ceramics in America. Measuring just3¾ inches high and 4 inches in diameter, it designed for everyday use in middle-class households, now proudly displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing (acquired through the Sansbury-Mills in 1982). Crafted from earthenware—a, affordable clay body fired at lower temperatures—the teapot reflects the rapid growth of American potteries during the antebellum ...