Lot Essay
Transfer prints from the Prodigal Son series are more often found on cylindricl teapots similar in shpae to the preceding and following examples.
Details
A GREATBATCH CREAMWARE GLOBULAR TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1775
With typical flowerhead finial, leaf-moulded spout and 'ear' handle, printed and enamelled with The Prodigal Son Taking his Leave and The Prodigal Son Receives his Patrimony' , Jacobs Collection no. 630--5in. (12.7cm.) high
CIRCA 1775
With typical flowerhead finial, leaf-moulded spout and 'ear' handle, printed and enamelled with The Prodigal Son Taking his Leave and The Prodigal Son Receives his Patrimony' , Jacobs Collection no. 630--5in. (12.7cm.) high
Provenance
Phillips Son and Neale, London, March 1989, lot 199
Literature
Barker, Greatbatch, plates 141a & 142b, p. 230