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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.