Staffordshire Translucent Brown Glazed Cream-colored Earthenware Teapot and Cover

Description:

Staffordshire Translucent Brown Glazed Cream-colored Earthenware Teapot and Cover, England, c. 1750, bulbous shape with molded bird knop, crabstock handle and spout, floral and foliate sprigging to either side, mounted atop three lion mask and paw feet, ht. 4 3/4 in.

Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $500-700

Cover: Restorations to finial and rim chips. 1" firing line to surface. Pot: Restoration to chip of spout and to one foot. Area of glaze ground by restored foot.


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