National Museums Liverpool M221
Pattern Source Source Description: John Wesley, engraving by Bland after a painting by Nathaniel Hone, c.1766. Additional Image: The reverse, printed with the inscription "Let your/ Conversation be/ as becometh/ the Gospel of/ CHRIST" flanked by images of St Peter repenting as the cock crows, and the Parable of the Good Samaritan. At the top is a copy of "Watts's Hymns". Tea and scandal were often expected to go together. This message is an attempt to encourage a better class of conversation around the tea-table. |
Shape Type: Breakfast & Tea Wares Pattern Type: Portraits Date: c. 1770-1790 Dimensions:
Maker: Josiah Wedgwood Printer: Guy Green Worker: incised worker's mark Printer's Mark: Worker's Mark: Description: Creamware teapot printed in black by Guy Green, Liverpool. Cover missing. The main image is captioned "John Wesley M.A. Fellow of/ Lincoln College Oxford". Wesley (1703-1791) was the founder of Methodism. Contrary to popular belief, plenty of 18th century Wedgwood pots do not bear the firm's mark. This is an example. BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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