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Lot 9*

A Whieldon type teapot and cover, circa 1765

11 July 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Whieldon type teapot and cover, circa 1765

Of hexagonal form with moulded figural panels in Chinoiserie style, the shoulder moulded with a Chinese fence and pavilions, irregularly painted in green and yellow glazes, the spout, scrolled handle and bud finial picked out in green, 12.5cm high (2)

Footnotes

The master mould for this form is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (326-1889). Examples occur in saltglaze stoneware, creamware and redware. The panels are taken from George Edwards' and Matthias Darly's New Book of Chinese Designs, first published in London in 1754. See Diana Edwards, The influence of Salt-Glazed Stoneware on Creamware, Creamware and Pearlware Re-Examined (2005), p. 152.

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