Teapot

Dating to around 1740 this teapot is part of a group of lead-glazed refined earthenware objects with applied white slip sprigs, often referred to by collectors and dealers as “Astbury-type” ware because archaeology at the Staffordshire pottery of John Astbury revealed similar fragments. Subsequent digs in the Staffordshire region uncovered similar lead-glazed refined red-bodied wares made at several potteries in the Staffordshire region, however.

Fragments of this Staffordshire-made redware turn up throughout colonial America and, more specifically, in Williamsburg, Virginia, at various sites including Wetherburn's Tavern, Shields' Tavern, and the Thomas Everard house. Additionally, fragments have been recovered from at least one domestic site on the Eastern Shore.

Often, the sprigs on such objects depict the British royal coat of arms, birds, flowers, and/or people. However, this teapot includes onderful white slip sprigs decorated with cobalt that depict birds, people, a flower, and additional significant sprigs depicting various household furnishings including a teapot and cup on an early table, a coal grate, a pilgrim flask, a kettle or cauldron, and a chair (on which a woman sits).
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