Teapot
Mid 19th century
19th Century
5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
stoneware
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, from the Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury Ceramics Collection
Accession Number:
1980.80.a&b
A Chinese red stoneware teapot with lid. It has a round shape with buff-colored slip decoration on the body. A label inside the pot reads "This teapot belonged to Captain Robert Griswold. Chekkiang? ware or Nichuen? near Ningpo.