Anna Burnside
Head of Sale
Lot 20
A Staffordshire solid agate teapot and cover, circa 1750
1 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Jim Peake
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Fergus Gambon
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A Staffordshire solid agate teapot and cover, circa 1750
Moulded in the form of a pecten shell, with a bird's head spout and a loop handle, the finial in the shape of a lion, the fine agate body marbled in tones of cream, blue and brown, with a lead glaze, 13.3cm high (2)
Footnotes
Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol.2, 2021, p.273, fig.a
Several different variants of pecten shell teapots are recorded. Similar examples in solid agate are in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.7&A-1999), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. no.14.68.4a,b) and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art (inv. nos.41-23/15 A,B and 52-43/1,2). See also the example sold by Christie's on 13 November 2018, lot 72. For a version in white saltglaze, see lot 21 in this sale.