Pseudo-satsuma-type cream colored body w/ crackle glaze. Modified light-house form w/ circular foot, squared C-shaped handle, triangular spout, circular mouth. Domed cover w/ knop finial. Mounted pewter ring forming hinged cover. Transfer printed gilt diaper w/ Japanesque scenic reserves in iron red and green.
coffeepots
earthenware
transfer printing
Japonaiserie
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Japonais
COFFEEPOT
Impressed: ""Ashworth""
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Possibly George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)
Hanley, England, Staffordshire
10.25 x 6.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.114
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