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Blue transfer-printed earthenware footed teapot. Floral motif surrounds a scene depicting Lafayette at the grave of Franklin. Pointed rectangular finial.
teapots
earthenware
transfer printing
Vessel, Drink Serving
Teapot
Teapot
The impressed handwritten inscription on the bottom reads: (on impression): WOOD, (on paper label): Dr. S. Foskit/Wilbraham.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
58.1923
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
8 1/2 x 12 x 5 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Harrington
1943.274AB
Title Pitcher Accession Number 1943.259
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