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A Lowestoft teapot and cover, circa 1765 image 1
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Lot 230

A Lowestoft teapot and cover, circa 1765

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Lowestoft teapot and cover, circa 1765

Of Hughes type and globular form, moulded to both sides with circular panels edged with flowers, leaves and scrolls incorporating the moulded initials 'I.H.' and the date '1761', painted in blue with Chinese river landscapes, one with a naïve bridge, the other with a boat sailing between two islands, a geometric border around the shoulder and to the rim of the cover, 14cm high, (2)

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Provenance
Geoffrey Godden Collection, Bonhams sale, 30 June 2010, lot 133

Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), p.281, pl.343. Another similar teapot is illustrated by Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.75, pl.75. The plain loop handle and straight spout dates both pots closer to 1764-65 when the moulds incorporating '1761' where seemingly still being used at the factory. The geometric border design too is characteristic of the 1764 productions and is discussed on pp.59-62. The panel of a boat between two islands can be seen on an earlier moulded teapot and cover, circa 1759-60, illustrated by Christopher Spencer, Early Lowestoft (1981), p.124, figs.168-70. A teapot in the Fitzwilliam Museum, almost identical to the current lot but with a flower finial, is illustrated by Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain (1973), pl.75B.

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