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English creamware teapot with cover decorated in iron-red and black. One side is painted with the verse: "true Love is pure and will endure" framed with feathery sprays, diminishing arcs, and ribbon shapes. The other side has two hearts intertwined with a ribbon over a banner inscribed “Love Unites us”. The pot's form and decoration is common to other identified Greatbatch wares. William Greatbatch (1735-1813) was a well-known Staffordshire potter, who worked for Thomas Whieldon and Josiah Wedgwood. Permanent Collection, Historic Deerfield.
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Thomas Astbury made a remarkable discovery somewhere around 1720 when he fired the clay used for stoneware at a lower temperature. The result was whitish-colored earthenware that was eventually dev...
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Thomas Astbury is generally credited with the development of English cream-colored earthenware between 1720 and 1740. However, it was the young Josiah Wedgwood who refined and improved the creamwar...