Five pieces of Staffordshire white saltglaze, circa 1740-70
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Five pieces of Staffordshire white saltglaze, circa 1740-70
Comprising a pear-shaped milk jug with three paw feet, 10cm high, a globular teapot with paw feet and a band of incised decoration, some traces of gilding remaining, 14.2cm high, a circular strainer with twin handles, 14.7cm wide, a circular dessert basket pierced with interlocking circles, 17.8cm diam, and a rare teapot- or kettle-stand of circular form, the tall foot with pierced decoration, 12cm diam (all damaged) (6)
Sold for £875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The teapot-stand is illustrated by Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampson, White Salt-Glazed Stoneware (2005), colour plate 75, p 205. See Arnold R Mountford, Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware (1971), plate 80 for a teapot related to the present example, also bearing traces of gilding.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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