Wedgwood Teapot

Ceramic

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Wedgwood Teapot

Entry/Object ID

3299

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Marjorie Ellis Kroha

Notes

Date: April 1976 Credit Line: Bequest of Marjorie Ellis Kroha, Class of 1914, Home Economics Means of Accession: Bequest

Made/Created

Artist

Wedgwood

Place

Neighborhood

Etruria

City

Stoke-on-Trent

State

Staffordshire

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, L, W: 4 1/2x8 x5 in; H, L, W: 11.43x20.32x12.7 cm

Height

4-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Length

8 in

Height

11.43 cm

Width

12.7 cm

Length

20.32 cm

Material

Stoneware (jasperware)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Teapots were a Chinese innovation, adapted from wine pots, to accommodate the practice of using tea leaves rather than powdered tea. This tea service was created by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, or Wedgwood.