Three enamelled teapots and covers and a tea canister
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Three creamware teapots and covers and a tea canister, circa 1765-70
Attributed to Cockpit Hill, painted in red and green with rose-centred floral sprays surrounded by floral sprigs and pairs of cherries, one teapot with a bird finial and crabstock handle and spout, 13.8cm high, the second with an acorn finial, 12.8cm high, the third with an entwined handle, crabstock spout and flower finial, 11.6cm high, the canister of rectangular form with canted corners, 11.6cm high (all with damage, the canister lacking cover) (7)
Sold for £812 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The canister was in the NCS Creamware and Pearlware Exhibition 1986, p.66, no.10. Also illustrated by Donald Towner, Creamware (1978), fig.42A, p.98

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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