White Salt-glazed Stoneware Polychrome Enamel-decorated Teapot and Cover

Description:

White Salt-glazed Stoneware Polychrome Enamel-decorated Teapot and Cover, England, c. 1755-65, probably Staffordshire, globular shape with crabstock handle, spout, and twig finial, in the famille rose style with bibbed border above Chinese figural landscapes with ornaments, ht. 4 7/8, lg. 8 3/8 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Ceramics in America - 2001, by Chipstone, p. 200, fig. 21.

Provenance: Ex Reverend Cecil J. Sharp collection.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Cover: Professionally restored to rim chip and collar.
Pot: Professionally restored to rim and to body surrounding spout terminal.


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