A WEDGWOOD QUEEN'S WARE SHELL-MOULDED TEAPOT AND COVER

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A WEDGWOOD QUEEN'S WARE SHELL-MOULDED TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1770, IMPRESSED UPPECASE MARK, PROBABLY PRINTED BY SADLER & GREEN, LIVERPOOL

With rose finial, shell-moulded spout and entwined strap handle, printed with exotic birds flying and struting in landscapes between two bands of shell moulding, Jacobs Collection no. 372--5½in. (14cm.) high

Provenance

Title for Hammond Exhibition, no. ?

Lot Essay

From 1761-1790, Wedgwood employed John Sadler and Guy Green of Liverpool to transfer print onto Queen's ware. Wedgwood would sell them blank pieces and buy them back once decorated. Cf. Reill, Wedgwood, Vol. I, pp. 209-246 for an indepth discussion of the business practices which bound the two firms together.