A Victorian compressed moulded circular teapot on a rim foot and with a chased shell-capped rising curved spout, leaf-capped scroll handle and domed hinged cover with rose finial, the body chased with a broad frieze of rococo flowers and foliage and with two scroll cartouches, one engraved with a crest, maker's initials W. M., London 1856 - 5¼in, 22.25oz.