AN ERMINE-GROUND TEAPOT AND COVER
Circa 1757
Enamelled in colours with a portrait of Frederick the Great below a banner inscribed with his name, the reverse with a Saxon eagle within a similar cartouche
4in. (11.5cm.) high
Lot Essay
These portrait teapots are generally dated 1757, as they served to commemorate the successes of Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War and his Convention with England in 1756.
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