Name/Title
Teapot with Rebekah At The Well MotifEntry/Object ID
2022.2.4.9Description
This ceramic teapot with a Rockingham glaze with a raised design of a woman retrieving water from a well. It is often referred to as "Rebekah At The Well."
"Rebekah At The Well" is a biblical story about Abraham sending a servant to find his son a wife. As the servant traveled the land, he stopped at a well for a drink. At the well, he noticed women from the local town approaching. So the servant decided that whichever woman gave him water from his jar would be the one chosen to be Isaac's wife. Rebekah not only gave him water to drink, but she also drew water for his camels.
Circa 1850, Potter Edward Bennett took credit for the Rebekah-at-the-Well teapot design. However, Samuel Alcock and Company created the prototype for the teapot circa 1847.
The Rebekah-at-the-Well teapot was still in production at the Bennett pottery into the mid-1930s. The design became so popular that many American potteries copied it, often using less detail, definition, and glaze shades and techniques. Unfortunately, these copies never achieved the beauty and quality of those made in the early production of E. & W. Bennett. Bennett made Rebekah at the Well teapots until the factory closed in 1936.Location
Building
Floyd Lower Log CabinOhio State Park
Beaver Creek State Park
