Anna Burnside
Head of Sale
Lot 22
A rare Staffordshire white saltglaze teapot and cover, circa 1750
1 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,200
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Jim Peake
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Fergus Gambon
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A rare Staffordshire white saltglaze teapot and cover, circa 1750
Of octagonal baluster shape with a plain octagonal spout and a 'notched' handle, the eight arched panels crisply moulded with a profusion of fanciful and mythical motifs including unicorns, stags, Cupids riding lions, birds, heraldic shields, figures, portrait busts and a version of Aesop's fable of 'The Fox and the Stork', the domed cover with formal borders and a pointed finial, 14.7cm high (2)
Footnotes
Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol.2, 2021, p.267, fig.d
Mary White notes the particularly crisp moulding on this teapot, suggesting that it was one of the first products of the mould used, and compares the themes of the panels to those on a cup which may be the product of the same maker, see p.266, fig.c. A very similar teapot from the Schreiber Collection is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.414:988/&A-1885), together with one of Enoch Wood's stoneware block moulds closely corresponding to this teapot (inv.no.2158-1901).