Reproduction "Mayflower" teapot; pearlware. Round form with over- the-top handle. Rose design on sides and top. Rose-shaped knop on lid. Green-color decoration.
teapots
pearlware
lead glaze
floral patterns
Rose
Pearlware
Lead Glaze
Mayflower
Teapot
Printed inscription on bottom of teapot: ""THE ELDER BREWSTER TEAPOT/The Original was brought/ to/ AMERICA/ In ye/ MAYFLOWER A.D. 1620/ And has been exactly copied and/ Reproduced/ By/ RICHARD BRIGGS BOSTON/ From ye Ceramic Collection of Gov.r Lyon 1871.""
Subject Mayflower,
Elder Brewster
Mayflower
Briggs, Richard (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
6 x 6 1/2 (HxW), 4 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Museum Accession
1995.384AB
Massachusetts (United States)
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