INITIALED AND DATED 1777

Teapots of this form are recorded as early as 1750, the enamel coloration is typically of the 1760's. If the inscribed date 1777 is contemporary with its decoration, the present example is among the latest known dated examples of Staffordshire saltglazed stoneware.

For a similar saltglazed white stoneware footed hot-milk jug and cover, circa 1750, see Rosalie Wise Sharp, Ceramics, Ethics and Scandal, Suffolk, 2002, p. 35.