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This teapot, with its interesting lions’ paw feet, is an example of English drabware, a type of Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware introduced in the 1720s. The teapot exemplifies the variety of Staffordshire wares available in the eighteenth century as well as British domestic tea ware of the period.
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Title: Footed teapot
Date: ca. 1740
Culture: British, Staffordshire
Medium: Salt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 3 5/8 × 6 × 3 1/2 in. (9.2 × 15.2 × 8.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2014
Object Number: 2014.712.16a, b
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