Staffordshire Cream-colored Earthenware Teapot and Cover

Description:

Staffordshire Cream-colored Earthenware Teapot and Cover, England, c. 1755, attributed to William Greatbatch, globular shape with basketweave handle and spout, and flower knop, the body molded with fruit and decorated in underglaze polychrome enamels above a basketweave border, ht. 5 1/4 in.

Provenance: Zeitlin Collection, The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $600-800

Cover: restored finial and to rim chips.
Pot: Spout with 1/4" chip and a few small chips. Glaze with crazing, especially to lower body.


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