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Earthenware teapot

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Made at Alloa, Clackmannanshire

Postcard of Earthenware teapot.
000-100-003-525-C
© National Museums Scotland

Earthenware teapot

This teapot was made by W. & J.A. Bailey's pottery at Alloa in Clackmannanshire. It dates from the second half of the 19th century. In its heyday the pottery at Alloa was said to make 40,000 teapots a week.

The glazed teapot is relief moulded, with a regular 'diaper' design, in a technique sometimes known as 'cane-ware'.

Alloa was an important coal mining centre, and a pottery (and eventually a glassworks) were established by the 1790s to take advantage of the abundant fuel and locally available clay. The pottery at Alloa finally closed in 1907.


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Online ID: 000-100-003-525-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 1180 B
Date: Second half of the 19th century
Material:
Dimensions: 165 mm H x 240 mm L x 160 mm D
165 mm H x 240 mm L xc 160 mm D
What: Teapot / part
Teapot / part
Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
Who: Rockingham
Rockingham
W. and J.A. Bailey (Maker)
W. and J.A. Bailey (Maker)
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Description: Rockingham glazed teapot, relief moulded, by W. and J. A. Bailey
Lid of a Rockingham glazed teapot, relief moulded, by W. and J. A. Bailey
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