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Lot 176

A rare Longton Hall teapot stand, circa 1755

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Longton Hall teapot stand, circa 1755

Of hexafoil form, the upper surface moulded in low relief with a tulip flower, the six petals variegated in yellow, puce, purple and black, the rim picked out in brown, 13.1cm diam (slight wear)

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Provenance:
Garrick Bond Collection

Another stand, complete with teapot and cover, is illustrated by David Barker and Sam Cole, Digging for Early Porcelain (1998), p.6, fig.3 and a tulip-moulded shard from the factory site at p.20, fig.26. See also Bernard Watney, Excavation at the Longton Hall porcelain manufactory Part III, Post Medieval Archaeology, vol 27, 1993. A coffee cup and saucer from the service was sold by Bonhams, 23 April 2008, lot 77. The tulip-moulded teawares are extremely rare and are typical of the quirky forms made at Longton Hall, inspired by Meissen.

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