18 Dec 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Tom Walford Collection of British Pottery
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The Tom Walford Collection of British Pottery
Back to auction 20953
Three creamware teapots and covers, circa 1775
One of cylindrical from inscribed 'John and Mary Cromer: Stokesly', the reverse painted with a lady, 14.5cm, the other two both from the second phase of production at Cockpit Hill, the shouldered ovoid bodies with rouletted bands, cross over handles and plain spouts with moulded leaves at the base, painted in bright colours with Chinese figures, the larger with a flower knop applied with another floret at the base, 15.2cm and 13cm high (all with some damage and restoration) (6)
Sold for
£1,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The cover to the large Cockpit Hill teapot is illustrated by Tom Walford, Cockpit Hill-some evidence from Shards and other places, Creamware and Pearlware Re-Visited (2005), fig.31, p.193 and two similar teapots at fig.30, p.192. The rather elongated flower sprays seen on the covers are typical of this phase of production at Cockpit Hill.
Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics
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