{"id":2455,"date":"2010-06-04T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2016-07-17T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T13:39:40","slug":"black-basalt-one-cup-teapot-c-1810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"Black “one cup” teapot, c.1830"},"content":{"rendered":"

Also known as a “Bachelor’s teapot” this small English stoneware teapot with a low round shape from the early part of the 19th century has an “Egyptian black” or “shining black” glazed finish and stands 3-1\/4″ tall. Some collectors and\u00a0dealers believe tiny teapots such as this to be miniatures or\u00a0part of a child’s tea set.<\/p>\n

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Spaniel lid finial\u00a0is similar to the one on my post dated 3\/12\/10, English black teapot, c.1810<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ornate low relief scrollwork design surrounds the teapot and carries over to the handle design.<\/p>\n

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The end of the broken spout is repaired with a simple tin collar, one of the most common and simplest of metal repairs.<\/p>\n

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Also known as a “Bachelor’s teapot” this small English stoneware teapot with a low round shape from the early part of the 19th century has an “Egyptian black” or “shining black” glazed finish and stands 3-1\/4″ tall. Some collectors and\u00a0dealers believe tiny teapots such as this to be miniatures or\u00a0part of a child’s tea set. […]<\/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":[20,19,124,100,25],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-basalt","tag-english","tag-metal-spout","tag-pottery","tag-stoneware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","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=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11150,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/11150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}