{"id":11705,"date":"2017-07-15T15:45:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T19:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=11705"},"modified":"2017-07-17T07:54:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T11:54:38","slug":"love-and-live-happay-teapot-c-1805","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=11705","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Love and live Happay&#8221; teapot, c.1805"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big fan of ceramics with bold, graphic decoration, especially ones with text, and this charming example certainly fits the bill. This Prattware pottery teapot, proclaiming &#8220;Love and live Happay (sic),&#8221; was made in England in the early 1800s. Standing 5.25 inches high and 10 inches wide, it is painted in typical Prattware colors, including green, yellow, blue, and brown.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that long ago, Mr. Butterfingers loved his teapot so much that he tossed it up in the air with glee, but didn&#8217;t catch it on its way back down. Sadly, the lid and handle shattered beyond repair, but thankfully a tinsmith was able to craft a nifty metal replacement handle so the teapot was able to be loved again and live happ(a)ily ever after.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12035\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12035\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9777.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9777.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9777-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9777-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12036\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12036\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12036\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9781.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9781.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9781-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9781-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12037\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12037\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12037\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9782.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9782-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9782-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12039\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12039\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9788.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9788.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9788-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9788-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12040\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12040\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12040\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9790.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9790.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9790-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9790-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12038\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12038\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12038\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9787.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9787-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9787-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12041\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12041\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9795.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9795-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9795-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This teapot with similar shape and decoration shows what the original handle and lid on mine might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12424\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12424\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12424\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cheerful-teapot1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cheerful-teapot1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cheerful-teapot1-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/agnesashe.wordpress.com\">Agnes Ashe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big fan of ceramics with bold, graphic decoration, especially ones with text, and this charming example certainly fits the bill. This Prattware pottery teapot, proclaiming &#8220;Love and live Happay (sic),&#8221; was made in England in the early 1800s. Standing 5.25 inches high and 10 inches wide, it is painted in typical Prattware [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[19,40,100,104],"class_list":["post-11705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-english","tag-metal-handle","tag-pottery","tag-prattware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11705"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12432,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705\/revisions\/12432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}