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Fabulous Rouletted Mocha Seaweed Pitcher 1795-1810
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Fabulous Mocha Seaweed Pitcher 1795-1810
Body: Refined light earthenware Form: 18th Century body shape and spout Glaze: Lead glaze (Creamware) Height: 6 ½" Diameter: 4 ¼" Date of manufacture: 1800-10 Decoration: Organic and mechanical design elements are united by multi-colour linear bands. Multi-step painting & turning process required plus bisque & glaze firing. Seaweed Pattern The seaweed pattern was produced by the dropping of mocha "tea" on a painted (or dipt) colored slip band while it was still wet and spinning slowly on a decorator's lathe. The tea was a combination of urine, turpentine & tobacco juice ( Noel Hume 1976 ). Acid/alkaline capillary action then took place resulting in the dendridic or seaweed design. It is easy to speculate how this formula was discovered by accident by some lucky potter about 1795. Rouletting The nine inlaid bands were made by cutting three different patterns through dark brown painted bands to reveal the body color on the leather- hard body. Three different pattern dies were alternately employed to cut this supremely elaborate and ambitious design. These specific dies appear to be exceedingly rare and are not illustrated Jonathan Rickard's comprehensive 2006 work on the subject, and may be unique. This pitcher has all of the diagnostic attributes that place it at the midpoint between 1795 and 1810. Condition: The decoration is clear and bright and the vessel is complete but its fragile, chipped, cracked, and repaired (recent and very old). T is staining and discolouration on the handle and on the interior. It shows well the way it is now, but don't pick it up by the handle. Conservation Notes: It is remarkable that all of the pieces of this old pitcher are still together. It is literally laced together with wool and linen threads through carefully hand-drilled holes. The restorations are the most primitive I have ever seen and may have ante-belleum provenance. The handle is glued with acetone soluble glue in 3 places. It has been in my collection since 1980. Recommendation: The pitcher can be displayed exactly as it is without cosmetic restoration or could be professionally restored. I will combine shipping on multiple purchases. Check out my other current exquisite mocha offerings. 
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