Japanese cream-colored earthenware partial tea set. Teapot of elongated globular form w/ green crabstock handle and knop; painted w/ overglaze polychrome enamel decoration of stylized birds and plants executed in long, wispy lines w/ an almost Martin Bros.-esque appearance.
teapots
covers (closures)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
tin (metal)
Earthenware
Painted
Tin Glazed
TEAPOT
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
4.063 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.161.1AB
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