A STAFFORDSHIRE SMALL SOLID-AGATE TEAPOT AND A COVER

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A STAFFORDSHIRE SMALL SOLID-AGATE TEAPOT AND A COVER
CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY OF NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME

On three feet, striated faux bois in dark and light brown clays, with cream slip rims Jacobs Collection no. 474 (cover unmatched) --2¾in. (7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Barker and Halfpenny, Unearthing Staffordshire, p. 23-30; Tilley, Teapots and Tea, pl. 2, no. 8; and Earle, Earle Collection, fig. 21 for similar globular teapots and covers; and Hewitt, 'Bell's Pottery', Vol. 4, part I, p. 29