Teapot

1860-1900

Measurements

6-3/4 in x 7 in x 4-3/4 in

Materials

Brown-glazed yellow earthenware (Rockingham ware)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, anonymous gift

Accession Number

2020.59

Comments

This small, slip-cast teapot imitates far more detailed (and usually larger) examples that displayed a very popular image of "Rebekah at the Well" (see, e.g., accession no. 2020.57). The likely pirated version on the body of this teapot shows the form of Rebekah as she drew water from a well for Isaac and his camels, as outlined in the Biblical story from Genesis.  Lack of detail suggests that the mold for this teapot may have been made directly from a cast product without taking the stop of modeling a form for the mold.  It retains the ten-paneled body of many highly detailed “original” molds.  This teapot stands on five shallow button feet.