Anna Burnside
Head of Sale
Lot 131
A Vauxhall teapot and cover, circa 1756
1 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Jim Peake
Head of Department
Fergus Gambon
Director
A Vauxhall teapot and cover, circa 1756
Of neat proportions, the curved spout particularly diminutive, painted with leafy tendrils issuing oriental flowers in a limited palette of red, green and gold, with scattered sprigs and leaves, 10.4cm high (2)
Footnotes
Provenance
With Roderick Jellicoe, 2006
Literature
Massey, R, Marno, F, and Spero, S, Ceramics of Vauxhall, 2007, p.55, no.57
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol.2, 2021, p.333, fig.a
The style and palette of the painting is restrained, displaying the successful potting and distinctive blueish glaze associated with Vauxhall. The red feathery elements in the foliage are a distinctive feature shared with a few other Vauxhall wares, which may indicate that this group was painted by the same hand. This includes the inkwell from the Billie Pain collection sold by Bonhams on 26 November 2003, lot 296.