A Greatbatch teapot
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A William Greatbatch creamware teapot and cover, circa 1770-82
Of baluster shape with an ear-shaped handle, pierced globular knop and a pierced gallery around the cover, painted with Aurora riding a chariot pulled by winged horses, the reverse with a rising sun and two winged cherub's heads, flaked by smaller panels of puce scrolls, 12.7cm high (chipped, losses to the gallery) (2)
Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A Greatbatch cylindrical teapot painted with the same subject from the Samson and Horne Collection was sold in these rooms on 28 April 2010, lot 236 and another example is illustrated by David Barker, William Greatbatch (1991), pl.X.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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