Teapot with depiction of John Wesley

Transfer print by Guy Green British

ca. 1775

Not on view

This transfer-printed teapot depicts the theologian and preacher John Wesley (1703-91), who helped found the Methodist movement in England. Wesley’s traveling ministry took him across England and Ireland, and in 1760 encountered Josiah Wedgwood during a visit to Staffordshire. Wedgwood was a Rational Dissenter, a sect of protestant reformers like the Methodists. Rational Dissenters emphasized a spirituality tempered by reason and learning, a freedom of conscience, and a critical stance towards the enormous political and economic power wielded by the Church of England.

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Title: Teapot with depiction of John Wesley
Artist: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present)
Maker: Transfer print by Guy Green (British, 1729–1803)
Date: ca. 1775
Culture: British, Liverpool
Medium: Creamware, tranfer printed
Dimensions: Confirmed: 5 1/2 × 7 7/8 × 5 in. (14 × 20 × 12.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Families, 2018
Object Number: 2018.889.5a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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