Teapots
Artist: Mason, William (Mason, Cash & Co)
On display
Giant teapots, some three feet high and with a miniature teapot forming the lid, were popular among canal boatmen in the late 19th century. They were often glazed dark brown, like traditional Rockingham teapots, richly decorated and often featuring a scroll with the names of a donor inscribed, as here. William Mason was a Derbyshire potter and his pieces are often referred to as Measham-ware, barge-ware or motto-ware. He was working during a period of industrialism, yet these teapots show the best qualities of Folk Art.
Details
- Artist
- Mason, William (Mason, Cash & Co)
- Title
- Teapots
- Date
- About 1870s
- Medium
- English brown-glazed barge-ware pottery
- Reference
- CVCSC:0255.53.F
- Collection
- Marx-Lambert