{"id":7184,"date":"2016-07-17T07:23:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T11:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=7184"},"modified":"2016-07-17T07:23:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T11:23:57","slug":"small-black-teapot-c-1830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=7184","title":{"rendered":"Small black teapot, c.1830"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This small\u00a0earthenware one-cup teapot has an \u201cEgyptian black\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201cshining black\u201d salt glazed finish with low relief floral design. It was made in England between\u00a01820 and 1840 and measures 3.50 inches high and 6.5 inches from handle to spout.\u00a0Due to its small size it is also known as a Bachelor\u2019s teapot. Some collectors and\u00a0dealers believe that these\u00a0are part of a child\u2019s tea set but they are\u00a0actually fully functioning teapots.<\/p>\n<p>It is not uncommon for teapots to lose their lids and that&#8217;s just what happened here. But this one\u00a0didn&#8217;t remain unlidded for long, as a tinker, most likely in the late 1800s, made a\u00a0well crafted replacement from tin, adding a mass produced\u00a0pewter knob to complete\u00a0the job. The new lid has developed a rich, warm patina over the past 100+ years, blending in nicely with the mellow tones of the dark teapot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11120\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11120\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11120\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2416.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2416\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2416.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2416-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11121\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11121\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2417-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2417 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2417-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2417-Version-2-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11122\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11122\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2417-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2417\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2417-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2417-1-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11123\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11123\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2418-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2418\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2418-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2418-1-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This teapot with its original cover intact suggests what the lid on mine\u00a0might\u00a0have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11124\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11124\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s-l1600.jpg\" alt=\"s-l1600\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s-l1600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s-l1600-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\">eBay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This small\u00a0earthenware one-cup teapot has an \u201cEgyptian black\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201cshining black\u201d salt glazed finish with low relief floral design. It was made in England between\u00a01820 and 1840 and measures 3.50 inches high and 6.5 inches from handle to spout.\u00a0Due to its small size it is also known as a Bachelor\u2019s teapot. Some collectors and\u00a0dealers believe that these\u00a0are [&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":[19,77,27,100],"class_list":["post-7184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-english","tag-metal-lid","tag-pewter","tag-pottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184","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=7184"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11147,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7184\/revisions\/11147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}