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Lot 8*

A Whieldon type chinoiserie teapot and cover, circa 1765-70

11 July 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Whieldon type chinoiserie teapot and cover, circa 1765-70

Of hexagonal shape with a fluted spout, scrolled handle and griffin finial, the side panels embossed with three different scenes of Chinese figures, the shoulder and cover with a stylised fence and Chinese buildings, richly glazed with underglaze coloured oxides, 16.5m high (2)

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The source for the moulded figures is George Edwards' and Matthias Darly's New Book of Chinese Designs, first published in London in 1754. Biscuit and lead-glazed earthenware wasters with similar moulding have been excavated at Thomas Whieldon's Fenton Vivian factory site. A smaller teapot from the Weldon collection moulded with the same panels as the present example is illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, English Pottery (1990), item 94a, p.196. Another from the Shand Kydd Collection is illustrated by Henry Sandon, Coffee Pots and Teapots (1973), pl.35. Another from the Tom Walford Collection is illustrated by Diana Edwards, The influence of Saltglazed Stoneware on Creamware, Creamware and Pearlware Re-Examined (2007), p.154, pl.16 and was sold by Bonhams on 18 December 2012, lot 37

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