British Pottery Solid Agate Pecten Shell Teapot and Cover, Circa 1755-60.

British Pottery Solid Agate Pecten Shell Teapot and Cover,
Circa 1755-60.

The lead-glazed light cream and red agateware pottery teapot is molded in the form of a pecten shell with a foo-dog finial and a serpent spout.

Dimensions: 5 3/4 inches high x 6 1/2 inches wide x 3 1/4 inches deep ( 9.08cm x 16.51cm x 8.26cm)


Reference:
 (http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/78/Ceramics-in-America-2003/Swirls-and-Whirls:-English-Agateware-Technology)

See Michelle Erickson and Robert Hunter, Swirls and Whirls: English Agateware Technology, Pages 87-110, Ceramics in America, 2003 and illustrated online at Chipstone's site, figure 7 from the Chipstone Collection for similar coloration.

The Burnap Collection of English Pottery, Ross E. Taggart, Nelson Gallery for a similar example.

East India Company Bird Paintings

As British employees of the East India Company moved into India to work in the 18th & 19th century, they encountered places and scenes which were considered exotic and were, of course, very different from home.  To record these foreign places and things, local artists were employed to paint them.

Here are four different birds-

Titled Bilace

Titled Kanra

Titled Muchrunga

Titled  Kouroo

Here is a link to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's page on Company School.