{"id":9502,"date":"2014-12-07T10:22:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T15:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=9502"},"modified":"2016-07-17T09:38:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T13:38:49","slug":"black-basalt-teapot-c-1820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=9502","title":{"rendered":"Black teapot, c.1820"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This small earthenware pottery teapot with squat\u00a0round shape was made in England during\u00a0the first quarter of the 19th century. It has\u00a0a\u00a0black glaze, aka Jackfiend and Egyptian black, and stands 4-1\/2&#8243; high. Due to its small size it is known as both a Bachelor&#8217;s and a one-cup teapot. Some collectors and\u00a0dealers believe that these tiny teapots are miniatures or\u00a0part of a child\u2019s tea set, but they are\u00a0actually functioning teapots.<\/p>\n<p>By now my readers know that the main\u00a0reason I purchased this teapot is due to its\u00a0early replacement handle. Made by a tinker in the 19th century, the workmanship is a bit crude, as is evident by the\u00a0malaligned horizontal band laden with excess soldier and the twisted wire support around the base. But even a funny looking tiny\u00a0teapot with a clunky metal repair\u00a0is better than burning your fingers on a\u00a0teapot with no handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8649.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9505\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8649.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8649\" width=\"400\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8649.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8649-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8665.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9509\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8665.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8665\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8665.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8665-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9506\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8651.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8651\" width=\"400\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8651.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8651-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8658.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9507\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8658.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8658\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8658.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8658-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8662.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9508\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8662.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8662\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8662.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8662-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9613\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8664.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8664\" width=\"400\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8664.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8664-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This teapot of similar form shows what the original handle on mine might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18th___19th_century_antique_jackfield_black_earthenware_pottery_english_teapot_3_lgw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9615\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18th___19th_century_antique_jackfield_black_earthenware_pottery_english_teapot_3_lgw.jpg\" alt=\"18th___19th_century_antique_jackfield_black_earthenware_pottery_english_teapot_3_lgw\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18th___19th_century_antique_jackfield_black_earthenware_pottery_english_teapot_3_lgw.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18th___19th_century_antique_jackfield_black_earthenware_pottery_english_teapot_3_lgw-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/ancientpoint.com\">Ancient Point\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This small earthenware pottery teapot with squat\u00a0round shape was made in England during\u00a0the first quarter of the 19th century. It has\u00a0a\u00a0black glaze, aka Jackfiend and Egyptian black, and stands 4-1\/2&#8243; high. Due to its small size it is known as both a Bachelor&#8217;s and a one-cup teapot. Some collectors and\u00a0dealers believe that these tiny teapots [&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":[20,19,124,100,28],"class_list":["post-9502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-basalt","tag-english","tag-metal-spout","tag-pottery","tag-salt-glaze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9502","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=9502"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11148,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9502\/revisions\/11148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}