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CIRCA 1770
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A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE 'KING OF PRUSSIA' TEAPOT AND COVER
Circa 1770
Of globular form with branch spout and handle, the shallow-domed cover with knop finial, the dark-manganese ermine-ground reserved on each side with lobed puce-edged cartouches, one with a portrait of the King to the left, wearing laurels and named above Fred.PrussiaeRex, the other with a crowned eagle and a sceptre flanked by palms and a ribbon inscribed Semper Sublimis (minute fritting to tip of spout)
Height: 3 7/8 in. (10 cm.)
Circa 1770
Of globular form with branch spout and handle, the shallow-domed cover with knop finial, the dark-manganese ermine-ground reserved on each side with lobed puce-edged cartouches, one with a portrait of the King to the left, wearing laurels and named above Fred.PrussiaeRex, the other with a crowned eagle and a sceptre flanked by palms and a ribbon inscribed Semper Sublimis (minute fritting to tip of spout)
Height: 3 7/8 in. (10 cm.)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Sale room notice
This lot is labelled incorrectly as lot 43 in the catalogue. It is the right-hand teapot in the illustration on page 28.
