Description:
White Salt-glazed Stoneware Mansion Teapot and Cover, England, c. 1745-50,
probably Staffordshire and in the manner of Thomas and John Wedgwood, slip cast as a decagon-shaped Georgian three-story house, central pavilions with double-tiered arched pediments having the Arms of Holland, a rampant lion and fleur-de-lis, a nude boy grasping the curved spout, loop handle, ht. 5 3/8 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Cover: Chips to edges of knop; 1" rim hairline; yellowed repair to chips of inner collar.
Teapot: Slight chips along the edge of the spout; rim with 3/4" old and yellowed repair with faint extending 1/2" hairline.
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Thomas Wedgwood, United Kingdom, NetherlandsStuart Slavid
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Emily Stegner
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Stephanie Opolski
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European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.