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Teapot

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1991

GUSN

GUSN-6066

Description

Blue transfer print decoration on white body; pattern is swag border with overall floral, fruit and butterfly central motif. .3) Pear-shaped body with domed cover with pointed finial; S-shaped spout; C-shaped handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teapots
earthenware
transfer printing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
floral patterns
fruit
swags
Earthenware
Staffordshire
Transfer Printed
Floral
Fruit
Butterfly
Swag
TEAPOT

Inscription

Marked on bottom: ""Booth's Silicon China/ Made in England/Gilman Collamore & Co. New York.""

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Booth's Ltd. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Tunstall, England; Tunstall, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

7.75 x 2.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1121.3AB

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