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April 8, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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White Salt-glazed Stoneware Mansion Teapot and Cover

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$1,599$1,300
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2888BLocation: BostonDate / Time: April 08, 2016 10:00AM

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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Keywords

Thomas Wedgwood, United Kingdom, Netherlands