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Lot 54*

A Staffordshire saltglaze teapot and cover, circa 1750

11 July 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

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A Staffordshire saltglaze teapot and cover, circa 1750

Moulded in the form of a pecten shell, with a camel head spout and a 'notched' handle, the finial in the shape of a lion, 15.2cm high (2)

Footnotes

There are several different models of pecten shell teapots recorded. A closely related example in solid agate from the Tom Walford Collection was sold by Bonhams on 18 December 2012, lot 4. A more detailed version in white saltglaze from the Henry H Weldon Collection is illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby, English Pottery (1990), p. 74.

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