Date: 1976
Credit Line: Bequest of Marjorie Ellis Kroha, Class of 1914, Home Economics
Means of Accession: Bequest
Made/Created
Artist
Leeds Pottery
Date made
1815
Place
City
Stoke-on-Trent
State
Staffordshire
Country
England, United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Dimensions
Height
5 in
Width
3 in
Length
6-3/8 in
Material
Earthenware (lustreware), lead glaze
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Exhibition Label
Label
Lustreware was first invented in the Middle East in the ninth century
and spread to Europe through Italy and Spain. Lustre is a type of
overglaze where salts of metals, such as platinum, silver, copper and
gold, are mixed with an organic medium and applied to a ceramic body.
During firing, the metallic salts oxidize and fuse with the body, creating
a thin layer of metal. The resist technique seen on this teapot and
cream jug adds an additional step where the design is painted on the surface in a wax-like substance to prevent the metallic glazes from penetrating the area.
