Shape Type: Breakfast & Tea Wares

Pattern Type: Portraits

Date: 1770-1790

Dimensions:

  • Height: 3.90 in (9.90 cm)
  • Length: 6.77 in (17.20 cm)
  • Width: 4.13 in (10.50 cm)

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Printer: Guy Green

Worker: incised worker's mark

Printer's Mark:

Printed

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.

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