Lot Essay
A related Usk japanned teapot with a simple leaf design in the centre of the body, on a crimson japan, is illustrated in W. John and A. Simcox, Pontypool and Usk Japanned Wares, Bath, 1953, fig. 23C, p. 70.
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A REGENCY RED AND GILT-JAPANNED TOLE TEAPOT
Decorated overall with foliage and fruit, the rectangular domed hinged top with finial above the rectangular bulbous body with angular handle and outswept spout, on bun feet, possibly from Usk
10½ in. (27 cm.) long
Decorated overall with foliage and fruit, the rectangular domed hinged top with finial above the rectangular bulbous body with angular handle and outswept spout, on bun feet, possibly from Usk
10½ in. (27 cm.) long