Lot Essay
A Drie Posteleyne Astonne teapot of similar form and related decoration is illustrated by D. & R. Aronson, Dutch Delftware, The Dr. Günter Grethe Collection (Gent, 2004), p. 112, no. 129.
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THE TEAPOT AND EWER EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE VASE 19TH CENTURY, RED APK MONOGRAM
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A DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME GLOBULAR TEAPOT AND COVER, AN OIL OR VINEGAR EWER AND A WAISTED BEAKER-VASE
THE TEAPOT AND EWER EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE VASE 19TH CENTURY, RED APK MONOGRAM
The teapot painted with stylised flowers and foliage surrounded by scattered stars and clustered dots, the domed cover with a knop finial (extensive chipping to rims, slight chipping to tip of spout and footrim, cracks to body, lower terminal and cover, finial a replacement);
The baluster ewer with an S-scroll support linking the spout, painted with shrubs, rockwork and birds divided by vertical red bands reserved with flowers, the rim interior screw-threaded (broken through neck and restored, associated cracks to body, minute chipping to rims);
The vase of octagonal section, painted with birds perched on flowering branches and rockwork between lappet borders (extensive chipping to rims, cracks to body from rim, section broken out and restuck)
The teapot 5 in. (12.5 cm.) high; the ewer 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high; the vase 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high (3)
THE TEAPOT AND EWER EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE VASE 19TH CENTURY, RED APK MONOGRAM
The teapot painted with stylised flowers and foliage surrounded by scattered stars and clustered dots, the domed cover with a knop finial (extensive chipping to rims, slight chipping to tip of spout and footrim, cracks to body, lower terminal and cover, finial a replacement);
The baluster ewer with an S-scroll support linking the spout, painted with shrubs, rockwork and birds divided by vertical red bands reserved with flowers, the rim interior screw-threaded (broken through neck and restored, associated cracks to body, minute chipping to rims);
The vase of octagonal section, painted with birds perched on flowering branches and rockwork between lappet borders (extensive chipping to rims, cracks to body from rim, section broken out and restuck)
The teapot 5 in. (12.5 cm.) high; the ewer 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high; the vase 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high (3)
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.