Teapot 'Stamp Act Repeal'd', Cockhill Pit Factory, 1766 (lead-glazed earthenware)
{"Image ImageDescription": "940967 Teapot 'Stamp Act Repeal'd', Cockhill Pit Factory, 1766 (lead-glazed earthenware) by English School, (18th century); height: 13.2 cm; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: Teapots such as this were made for sale to the American market soon after the 1766 repeal of the hated Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The Stamp Act required American colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials\u2014from documents to playing cards.\n\nThe reverse of this teapot reads 'America, Liberty Restored'. ); English,  out of copyright.", "Image Copyright": "Bridgeman Images"}