- Titles Teapot with Cover (Descriptive)
- Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
- Medium lead-glazed earthenware (creamware)
- Dimensions 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (8.9 × 14.6 × 9.5 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.3824.2008a-b
- Work Type teapot with cover
- Classification Containers
- Signature Unsigned
- Marks Impressed on the underside WEDGWOOD and with two semi circle impressed marks that cross the WEDGWOOD mark
- Inscription None
- Provenance Manufactured by Wedgwood (est. 1759), Etruria factory, Stoke-on-Trent, England, about 1825. Harry Buten (1904-1971) and Nettie Buten (1902-1998), Merion, Pennsylvania, 1953 [see note 1]; Gift to their grandson Collin Buten (born 1963), Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania [see note 2]; Gift to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, in 2018
1. According to the Buten catalog card, acquired in 1953.
2. According to notes from the Buten family given to the BMA in 2008, although the date of gift is unknown (probably 1970s). Became part of the Buten Museum of Wedgwood (operated by Harry and Nettie Buten 1958-1988), Merion, Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1988 when it was placed on long-term loan with Nassau County Museums, Sands Point, Long Island, New York. In 2008, came from Sands Point to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, as a loan until accessioned as part of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2018.