£4400
Dated: 1760 Staffordshire England UK
This teapot is an exceptionally rare example with a creamware body decorated in relief with rock-work, mosses, exotic frond shaped leaves, and berries. The glaze is the Whieldon type, which is colored oxides under a good quality lead glaze. The handle is a crab-stock shape, and with the spout modeled in a knot woody fashion. The shaped cover features a welk shaped shell.
Dimensions: 5.5 inches high, 8.5 inches wide
Current Condition: Restored tip of spout, hairline under the base, and some chipping at the rim of the cover. Note restored by the ceramic restorer to the English Royal Family.
Literature: A Grottoware teapot in saltglaze is illustrated on page 72 in A Passion for Pottery, further selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection by Williams and Halfpenny
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This teapot is an exceptionally rare example with a creamware body decorated in relief with rock-work, mosses, exotic frond shaped leaves, and berries. The glaze is the Whieldon type, which is colored oxides under a good quality lead glaze. The handle is a crab-stock shape, and with the spout modeled in a knot woody fashion. The shaped cover features a welk shaped shell.
| Dimensions | 8.5 × 5.5 in |
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