Lot Essay
Cf. Burlington Fine Arts Club, Catalogue, pl. XLI, no. 41 for a jug with similar 'Hundred Antiques' enamelling on the neck
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE GLOBULAR TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1755
With urn-shaped finial, loop handle and curved spout, enamelled in blue, green, yellow and pink with vases, urns and ribbon-tied scrolls beneath a border of iron-red trellis broken by half flowerheads and edged with green, blue and yellow scrolls, on claw and ball feet headed by shells, Jacobs Collection no. 657--5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1755
With urn-shaped finial, loop handle and curved spout, enamelled in blue, green, yellow and pink with vases, urns and ribbon-tied scrolls beneath a border of iron-red trellis broken by half flowerheads and edged with green, blue and yellow scrolls, on claw and ball feet headed by shells, Jacobs Collection no. 657--5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, November 19, 1991, lot 109