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Some examples used camels, monkeys or people as figures of fun, completely abandoning any relevance and entering the realms of novelty and sometimes of impracticability. This teapot borders on the whimsical and would certainly have provided a topic for conversation at teatime.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The complex shape added considerably to the difficulties of making and applying the pattern.  It was slip-cast in a convoluted mould but the material is earthenware (the cheapest to fire) and the decoration is transfer-printed.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>This highly elaborate teapot shows an Indian scene, with an elephant, British and Indian people and hunting dogs.  Traditionally Chinese shapes and decoration were the most common for teawares, but here, in the Victorian days of Empire, India was favoured.","physicalDescription":"TEAPOT copying the design of the biscuit tin","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Burgess & Leigh","id":"A9052"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Earthenware, lead-glazed, transfer-printed, painted and gilded","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM8716","2006AM8717","2006AM8715","2006AM8714","2006AM1993"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"123 (VA)","id":"THES49217"},"free":"","case":"CA7","shelf":"","box":"8"},{"current":{"text":"123 (VA)","id":"THES49217"},"free":"","case":"CA7","shelf":"","box":"8"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Teapot","id":""}],[{"text":"Cover","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Burslem","id":"x30231"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1896","earliest":"1896-01-01","latest":"1896-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"C.278-1983","id":"O77905"},"association":"Series"},{"object":{"text":"C.15-2014","id":"O1277326"},"association":"Series"},{"object":{"text":"M.257-1983","id":"O78512"},"association":"Source"}],"creditLine":"Given by Michael Franklin","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"16.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"24.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"9.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 26/01/1999 by sf","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Regd shape 281721','Rd.no.285771'printed in brown; applied 'Rd.281' and 'R' impressed on teapot;  'Regd shape 281721' printed in brown, patent '688082', 'B' and 'L' on lid","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Made by Burgess & Leigh, Middleport Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Earthenware teapot, Burgess & Leigh, Burslem, designed 1896","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis teapot has two registered numbers. The first number protects the shape of the teapot and the second protects the printed design. When Burgess & Leigh made these registrations, they copied a successful design for a biscuit tin which had been sold by Huntley & Palmer since 1894. In this case the legislation protected the original maker and Burgess & Leigh agreed to produce monochrome versions only.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.277-1983","C.277A-1983"],"accessionNumberNum":"277","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1983,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Teapot","Cover"],"assets":["2019LR2490","2019LR0043","2019LP4361","2019LP1063","2019LU7408","2019LV6471"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}