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
Height
4-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Length
8 in
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.
