Lot Essay
Cf. The Frank P. and Harriet C. Burnap Collection of English Pottery, 1953, no. 396, for a similar teapot
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A STAFFORDSHIRE SOLID-AGATE PECTIN-SHELL MOULDED TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1750
Of striated blue, brown and ochre clays, with recumbent lion finial above shell and scroll moulding, animal head spout, dolphin handle and moulded as a large scallop shell (minute chip to rim and tip of spout)--5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1750
Of striated blue, brown and ochre clays, with recumbent lion finial above shell and scroll moulding, animal head spout, dolphin handle and moulded as a large scallop shell (minute chip to rim and tip of spout)--5¾in. (14.5cm.) high