Lot Essay
Cf. Marilyn G. Karmason and Joan Stacke, Majolica A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1990, p. 205 for a group photograph illustrating the first teapot, courtesy of Richard Dennis, London
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CIRCA 1880, PAINTED IT, PROBABLY HOLDCROFT
Details
AN ENGLISH MAJOLICA TEAPOT AND COVER
Circa 1880, painted IT, probably Holdcroft
The cover moulded as a full moon with nose finial, the sides similarly moulded, reserved on a green flowering ground; together with an English majolica Japonisme grey-ground teapot and cover
8¾in. (22.1cm.) wide, the first (2)
Circa 1880, painted IT, probably Holdcroft
The cover moulded as a full moon with nose finial, the sides similarly moulded, reserved on a green flowering ground; together with an English majolica Japonisme grey-ground teapot and cover
8¾in. (22.1cm.) wide, the first (2)
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.