Lot Essay
Cf. Mountford, llustrated Guide, pl. 95; Rackham, Schreiber Collection, no. 129 and Walton, Temple Newsam, no. 110 for similar larger example, as the small examples are rare.
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE SALTGLAZE PECTIN-SHELL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1750
With recumbent griffin finial, a naked man and foliage on the spout and scroll handle, and moulded on both sides with shell surmounted by a scroll and flanked by dolphins and flowering branches, Jacobs Collection no. 370 (minute chips to finial and spout)--4¼in. (11cm.) high
CIRCA 1750
With recumbent griffin finial, a naked man and foliage on the spout and scroll handle, and moulded on both sides with shell surmounted by a scroll and flanked by dolphins and flowering branches, Jacobs Collection no. 370 (minute chips to finial and spout)--4¼in. (11cm.) high
Provenance
John B. Schorsch and Marjorie H. Schorsch, Sotheby's New York, May 1, 1981, lot 69