Lot Essay
Cf. Robin Reilly, Wedgwood (1989), vol. I, p. 620, pl. 921. A similar teapot sold in these Rooms on 18 June 1984, lot 91.
CIRCA 1786-95, IMPRESSED UPPER-CASE MARK, SOME PIECES WITH STAMPED OR INCISED S AND 3
Details
A Wedgwood solid pale-blue jasper teapot and cover, a teabowl and saucer and a sugar-bowl
Circa 1786-95, impressed upper-case mark, some pieces with stamped or incised S and 3
Applied in white relief with figures from the Domestic Employment series and amorini after the original designs by Lady Templetown and Miss Crew above engine-turned flutes, the cylindrical teapot with foliate-moulded reeded spout and handle, the cover with ball finial; the saucer with radiating foliage (teapot with restoration to tip of spout and to finial)
The teapot 4¼in. (10.5cm.) high (3)
Circa 1786-95, impressed upper-case mark, some pieces with stamped or incised S and 3
Applied in white relief with figures from the Domestic Employment series and amorini after the original designs by Lady Templetown and Miss Crew above engine-turned flutes, the cylindrical teapot with foliate-moulded reeded spout and handle, the cover with ball finial; the saucer with radiating foliage (teapot with restoration to tip of spout and to finial)
The teapot 4¼in. (10.5cm.) high (3)