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Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930

Simple Simon teapot modeled by Bert Mellor and produced by Devonmoor Pottery of Devon, England, circa 1930. Although known today primarily as a nursery rhyme character, it is likely that the name Simple Simon was applied to simpletons centuries before the rhyme was first published in the 1700s. A ballad in circulation in the late seventeenth century describing a henpecked husband is entitled "Simple Simo's Misfortunes and his Wife Margery's Cruelty". In early versions of the anonymous nursery rhyme, Simon performs a number of idiotic actions such as eating mustard mistaken for honey and washing his face with a blacking ball. The more familiar version finds this silly fellow indulging in equally ridiculous pursuits, trying to buy a pie with no money and attempting to catch a whale in a bucket of water. This Simple Simon teapot is a part of a Nursery Rhyme tea set along with an Old Mother Hubbard creamer and Georgie Porgie sugar bowl.

Maker:

Devonmoor

England

circa 1930

Model #:

Derivative

Nursery Rhyme Tea Set

teapot

Size:

medium

Height:

6 1/4"

Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930
Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930
Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930
Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930
Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930
Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930
Simple Simon teapot - Devonmoor circa 1930
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