Teapot and Cover

1892-1904

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Columbian Art Pottery (Morris and Willmore)

Teapot and Cover

Columbian Art Pottery (Morris and Willmore)

Teapot and Cover

1892-1904

Physical Qualities Porcelain with gilding, 7 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (18.4 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)

Credit Line Albert H. Cousins Memorial Fund

Object Number 2003.45

In 1893, more than 27 million people visited the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago. That same year, two New Jersey potters named William T. Morris and Francis Willmore took advantage of international name recognition and established their Columbian Art Pottery in Trenton, a city already home to many commercial potteries. With its dragon head and upraised tail-like handle, this teapot recalls the replica of the Gokstad Viking ship, one of the greatest attractions at the Chicago fair.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Mimi and Steve Levine Antiques, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia

Inscribed: None

Markings: Red stamp mark, reading "BELLEEK/M W /TRENTON/N.J." (See vertical file for rendering of mark)