“Penny Woodens” Tea Set

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Title	“Penny Woodens” Tea Set
Artist	S. Fielding and Company ; Railway Pottery ; Devon Pottery
Date	1913-1917
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic | Railway pottery, devon pottery

Size:

2 3/8 x 4 11/16 in. (6 x 11.91 cm)

Creation Place:

Europe, England, Stoke-on-Trent

Culture:

Europe, England

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Marks 'Devonware S.F. & C° Stoke-On-Trent England (Crown)', bottom of .1a (teapot); 'Queen Anne 2', bottom of .1a, .2 and .3 (teapot, creamer, sugar bowl)

Physical Description:

tea set made of creamy colored pottery then glazed; now has crazing; decorated with all wooden Dutch dolls known as Peg Woodens, Penny Woodens or Nurnberg Fille, which had black painted hair and orange or deep pink painted slippers; other colors include brown, red and green; set came in the original box

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of funds from the Decorative Arts Council

Accession Number:

97.41.6.4a,b

Artist:

Railway Pottery

Role:

Maker

Nationality:

Artist:

S. Fielding and Company

Role:

Maker

Nationality:

Artist:

Devon Pottery

Role:

Maker

Nationality:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

“Penny Woodens” Tea Set

S. Fielding and Company ; Railway Pottery ; Devon Pottery

1913-1917