Teapot

John Bartlam · ca. 1765–69

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Iron
62% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.4:1

Ash
29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1

Oyster
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.6:1

Midnight
2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 15.0:1

Prussian blue
1% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.3:1

Slate blue
1% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.7:1

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Artist: John Bartlam
Staffordshire, England 1735–1781 Camden, South Carolina
Date: ca. 1765–69
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Size: 3 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (9 × 17.5 cm)
Place: United States
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 42, colourfulness 1

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Ronald S. Kane Bequest, in memory of Berry B. Tracy; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Richard L. Chilton and Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Gifts, 2018. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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