£2550
Dated: 1750 Staffordshire
A " Littler's or Aaron's blue" saltglaze teapot with a crab stock handle and spout stands on three lion's paw feet. William Littler and Aaron Wedgwood invented the technique of fusing cobalt blue with saltglaze in their mid-18th-century joint venture at Brownhills. The diminutive scale of this rare teapot indicates the expense of tea, the new fashion among the upper classes in the mid-18th century. The blue is sublime on this gem of a pot.
Dimensions: 3.5 inches high
Current Condition: Restored at spout
Provenance: Priavte Collection Somerset England
Literature: Jonathan Horne figure 18 Exhibition Catalogue 1981
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A ” Littler’s or Aaron’s blue” saltglaze teapot with a crab stock handle and spout stands on three lion’s paw feet.
William Littler and Aaron Wedgwood invented the technique of fusing cobalt blue with saltglaze in their mid-18th-century joint venture at Brownhills.
The diminutive scale of this rare teapot indicates the expense of tea, the new fashion among the upper classes in the mid-18th century.
The blue is sublime on this gem of a pot.
| Dimensions | 3.5 in |
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