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Bone china, outline transfer - printed in black and hand painted in green enamel with pattern number 622 'Chinese Tigers', the design adapted from Oriental temple guardians. Wedgwood's first period of bone china production was from 1812 until 1829. This teapot was made about 1813.
The development of bone china in Staffordshire is credited to Josiah Spode II in about 1796. The Wedgwood company were slow to embark on the production of this new material and it was not until 1812 that serious consideration was given to mass-production of the bone china body. Wedgwood’s bone china was particularly translucent, white and durable, ideal for the new styles and oriental-inspired patterns popularised by the Prince Regent and illustrated with the building of Brighton Pavilion. From the outset of production Josiah II was advised that the designs should be ‘very splendid’ with ‘gilding and gaudy colours’. The patterns needed to be rich and opulent to capture the majority of the market. Wedgwood’s patterns were generally elegant with artists such as John Cutts painting topographical landscapes, Aaron Steele producing accurate named bird scenes and Shirwin who excelled in flower studies. The first period of bone china production at Etruria came to an end in 1828 but replacement orders were accepted until 1831. There was then a fifty-year gap before the re-introduction of bone china production in 1878, since when it has become a staple product of the company’s production.
