Lot Essay
Cf. Tilley, Teapots and Tea, pl. III, fig. 12 for a very similar piece; Earle, Earle Collection, pl. II, fig. 53
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SOLID-AGATE PECTIN-SHELL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1750
Jacobs Collection no. 440 (minute chips to spout and inside flange of cover--5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high
CIRCA 1750
Jacobs Collection no. 440 (minute chips to spout and inside flange of cover--5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's London, April 19, 1982, lot 166