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A Bow teapot and cover, circa 1756-58 image 1
A Bow teapot and cover, circa 1756-58 image 2
A Bow teapot and cover, circa 1756-58 image 3
Anton Gabszewicz Collection
Lot 128

A Bow teapot and cover, circa 1756-58

19 November 2025, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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A Bow teapot and cover, circa 1756-58

Of plain globular shape, painted in blue with the 'Golfer and Caddy' pattern and associated wavy border, 12.5cm high, painter's numeral 6 or 9 near footrim (2)

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Rev'd David Thornton Collection
Judy and Phelps Bell Collection, Bonhams, 20 November 2019, lot 170
Anton Gabszewicz Collection

Shards decorated with the so-called 'Golfer and Caddy' design were excavated at the factory site are variously referred to as 'Image', 'Scholar and Attendant' or even 'Executioner and Assistant' pattern. See Anton Gabszewicz and Jacqui Pearce, 'Bow porcelain revealed: finds from excavations in High Street, Stratford, 2006, Part II', ECC Trans, Vol.32 (2021-22), pp.44-45.

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