Lot Essay
Cf. Rackham, Glaisher Collection, Vol. I, p. 46, no. 669 for a similar example
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1750
With bird finial, crabstock spout and handle, the globular body raised on lion mask and paw feet, sprigged with a scrolling, trailing, flowering vine and mottled allover in tortoiseshell glazes, traces of gilding, Jacobs Collection no. 459 (some restoration to spout and finial) --4½in. (11.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1750
With bird finial, crabstock spout and handle, the globular body raised on lion mask and paw feet, sprigged with a scrolling, trailing, flowering vine and mottled allover in tortoiseshell glazes, traces of gilding, Jacobs Collection no. 459 (some restoration to spout and finial) --4½in. (11.5cm.) high
Provenance
Rt. Hon. Malcolm Macdonald, Sotheby's London, March 14, 1978, lot 185