CIRCA 1760-1770, POSSIBLY WILLIAM GREATBATCH

The distinctive pineapple 'meat' design found on this pot has been tentatively attributed to William Greatbatch based on a waster found on the Lower Lane, Fenton site, circa 1762-1780, see Leslie B. Grigsby, The Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800, London, 1990, p. 192. Also note Josiah Wedgwood is recorded purchasing pineapple wares and molds from Greatbatch see, Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, Vol. I, London, 1939, fig. 130 for a similarly patterned block mold for a sauceboat now at the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston and now thought to be the work of William Greatbatch; also see fig. 127 for an identical teapot at the City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, noted prior to the Fenton excavation as probably Wedgwood or Whieldon.