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Lot 281

An interesting teapot and cover of Welsh interest and three related items
Circa 1795-1800.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£400 - £500

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An interesting teapot and cover of Welsh interest and three related items

Circa 1795-1800.
All with variations of the 'House by a Lake' or 'Picture Postcard' pattern in iron red and blue, the teapot of spirally shanked form painted in underglaze blue and red, possibly Keeling, 16.7cm high (cover restored), the other items comprising a porcelain saucer with very similar decoration, 12.6cm, a porcelain teabowl using overglaze blue enamel, probably Factory Y, 8.5cm diam, and a shanked Swansea pottery saucer using underglaze blue, 13.6cm diam (cracked) (5)

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There are similarities in the decoration of the pottery saucer and the porcelain teapot in this lot. This has led some commentators to suggest that porcelains bearing this pattern represent Haynes' experimental Swansea porcelain. However, this now seems unlikely. Many pieces of the pattern show differences in detail and use overglaze blue enamel. Others with closely matching decoration have been shown to be by Staffordshire makers. For a discussion of Swansea experimental porcelains, see Dr Maurice Hillis, Welsh Ceramics in Context, Part II, p 170

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