{"id":3305,"date":"2010-11-19T17:40:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T22:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2010-12-21T11:43:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:43:07","slug":"leeds-pepper-pot-c-1830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=3305","title":{"rendered":"Leeds pepper pot, c.1830"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Provocatively profiled pearlware pottery pepper pot. This 4-3\/4&#8243; tall Leeds pepper shaker was made in the region of West Yorkshire, UK, known for quality pottery which once rivaled the wares of Wedgwood<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4209.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3306\" title=\"IMG_4209\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4209.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4209-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a cobalt blue 7-point star design on the top&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_4213\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and a ribbed, feathered band around the middle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4210.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_4210\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The original base has been replaced by a beautifully made tin replacement, painted to match the cream colored body, but now yellowed with age<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4211.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3309\" title=\"IMG_4211\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4211.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4211-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A cork in the bottom allows this pot to hold and dispense the pepper once again<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3310\" title=\"IMG_4216\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4216.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4216-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4216-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Leeds pepper pot with a more typical baluster form, maintains its original base<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/53-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3855\" title=\"53-01\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/53-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/53-01.jpg 249w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/53-01-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prices4antiques.com\">Prices4Antiques<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provocatively profiled pearlware pottery pepper pot. This 4-3\/4&#8243; tall Leeds pepper shaker was made in the region of West Yorkshire, UK, known for quality pottery which once rivaled the wares of Wedgwood With a cobalt blue 7-point star design on the top&#8230; and a ribbed, feathered band around the middle The original base has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[15,19,16,100],"class_list":["post-3305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pepper","tag-blue-white","tag-english","tag-porcelain","tag-pottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305","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=3305"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4176,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3305\/revisions\/4176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}