Rectanguloid bulbous body with cavetto molded rim above neck terminating in square mouth, squared-off C-scroll handle with spur at top; modified S-shaped spout; underglaze blue transfer print decoration of young girl milking cow; large rose vine cavetto border design; geometric design on handle; domed cover with rose border and square finial handle.
teapots
earthenware
vitrification
transfer printing
underglazing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
cows
girls
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Staffordshire
Transfer Printed
Underglazed
Cow
Girl
Rose
TEAPOT
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
5.75 (H) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1163.1AB
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