
Teapot
1765 · Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
3 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (9 × 17.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Bartlam (1735–1781) was a British potter who emigrated to America in 1763, and established a factory in Cainhoy, then called Cain Hoy, nine miles north of Charleston, South Carolina before moving to Camden, South Carolina. His porcelain is the earliest ever produced on American soil.
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