Lot Essay
Cf. Henry Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain from 1862 to the Present Day, pl. 100; also Henry Sandon, Coffee Pots and Teapots for the Collector, New York 1973, plate 149
The inscription on the bottom of the present teapot and its amusing form are a direct reference to the Aesthetic Movement of Oscar Wilde and to Gilbert and Sullivan's satire of it, 'Patience', which was first performed in London in 1881.
The inscription on the bottom of the present teapot and its amusing form are a direct reference to the Aesthetic Movement of Oscar Wilde and to Gilbert and Sullivan's satire of it, 'Patience', which was first performed in London in 1881.