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Teapot with fossil decoration

ca. 1760–65
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 510

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Teapot with fossil decoration
  • Date: ca. 1760–65
  • Culture: British, Staffordshire
  • Medium: Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration
  • Dimensions: Overall: 4 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (10.8 × 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: The Helen and Carleton Macy Collection, Gift of Carleton Macy, in memory of his wife, Helen Lefferts Macy, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.22.6a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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