{"id":181,"date":"2010-03-12T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2012-08-22T22:01:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T03:01:48","slug":"english-black-basalt-teapot-c-1810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"English black basalt teapot, c.1790"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This black basalt teapot with a neo-classical design of curtain swags was most likely made in Staffordshire, England in the late 1700s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4516\" title=\"IMG_2451\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teapot measures 9-1\/2&#8243; long and 5&#8243; high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2452_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4519\" title=\"IMG_2452_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2452_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2452_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2452_2-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The figural knob is in the form of a perched spaniel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4518\" title=\"IMG_2451_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451_21.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2451_21-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A well\u00a0made silver spout replaces the original black basalt spout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4517\" title=\"IMG_2453\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2453.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2453.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2453-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another teapot, similar to mine, shows what the original simple shaped spout might have looked like on mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DA000701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4515\" title=\"DA00070\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DA000701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DA000701.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DA000701-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This black basalt teapot with a neo-classical design of curtain swags was most likely made in Staffordshire, England in the late 1700s. Teapot measures 9-1\/2&#8243; long and 5&#8243; high. The figural knob is in the form of a perched spaniel. A well\u00a0made silver spout replaces the original black basalt spout. 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