Humpty Dumpty teapot produced by Fitz and Floyd of Medford, Oregon, in circa 1992. Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. A tree branch, Humpty's left arm, and a King's man form the handle of the teapot while the wall forms the spout.
Maker:
Fitz and Floyd
United States
circa 1992
Model #:
Derivative
teapot
Size:
large
Height:
7"