Rectangular form with bulbous side; body molded with vertical gadrooning and horizontal molding below shoulder; modified C-shaped handle with spurred flat top; molded spout with ribbing on lower half; black glazed interior; silver lustered exterior; floral finial with wide brim with ribbing around dome; domed cover.
teapots
earthenware
lusterware
gadrooning
Earthenware
Lusterware
Gadroon
TEAPOT
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
5.5 x 10.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.865AB
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