Of bulbous, squat form with a compressed shoulder and shaped spout. It has a "C" shaped handle with scooped apex and flared collar and rim. The circular cover has a conical knop. Glazed brown over a white body. Also the shoulders are decorated with a gilt band with meander below with crest medallion drop at each side.
teapots
earthenware
glazing (coating)
Earthenware
Gilded
Glazed
TEAPOT
On a transfer and decal in black within a circle, on the bottom of the teapot is: HALL. And in gilt overglaze, on the bottom is: HALL/OZ(?)62/6Cup/MADE IN/USA .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1992.375A,B
Unknown
6 x 8 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.375AB
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