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A rare Staffordshire lead-glazed earthenware teapot and cover circa 1760
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,000
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Find your local specialistA rare Staffordshire lead-glazed earthenware teapot and cover
circa 1760
Curiously modelled in the form of a bole of wood, the truncated tree stump with crabstock handle and spout, the sides sprigged in relief with leaves and grape bunches, heavily coloured to resemble wood and moss in tones of brown and green, the shaped cover with a pointed snail shell finial, 14.2cm high (small sections lacking from rim of cover and end of spout, a few minor losses to applied details) (2)
Curiously modelled in the form of a bole of wood, the truncated tree stump with crabstock handle and spout, the sides sprigged in relief with leaves and grape bunches, heavily coloured to resemble wood and moss in tones of brown and green, the shaped cover with a pointed snail shell finial, 14.2cm high (small sections lacking from rim of cover and end of spout, a few minor losses to applied details) (2)
Footnotes
A similar teapot and cover in the Thomas Greg Collection in Manchester is illustrated in The Incomparable Art, fig. 184 and the ECC Transactions, vol. 8, part 1, pl. 55b where it is suggested these were made by Robert Garner of Fenton.
