A CAMEL TEAPOT AND COVER
Circa 1750
Moulded as a recumbent camel, its head the spout, the handle as a serpent, a howdah with shaped conical cover strapped to its back
4.7/8in. (12.4cm.) high
Lot Essay
See Robin Emmerson, British Teapots and Tea Drinking, London, 1992, p. 50, fig. 7 for a similar example.
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