Teapot and cream jug

V. Huffszky, Unčín, Bohemia, after 1840

Earthenware, terralite, brown lacquered surface.

H: 6.3 cm; 4.3 cm creamer

Markings: imprint “VH”

UMP 7104, UMP 7103

Brown lacquered ceramic service of Neoclassical form with decorative relief. Terralite, a type of earthenware and ceramic ware treated with coloured oil varnish, was initially produced in the style of the wares of Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria Works in England. This simplified unglazed technique was far less expensive, and the company enjoyed considerable success by copying Classical forms and shapes.