Lot 46
46
A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE SALTGLAZE COFFEE-POT AND COVER

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A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE SALTGLAZE COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CIRCA 1765

The domed cover with knop finial, drawn in black and enamelled in bright blue, pink, green and yellow with a turret in a landscape above a trellis diaper band, the pear-shaped body with similar landscapes, the front with a courting couple, the back with a flautist, the dragon-head spout moulded with shell and acanthus and enamelled with flowers, the strap handle with pinched terminal, Jacobs Collection no. 455 (slight star crack to body, chip to lower lip at spout, rim chip to cover)--8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Earle, Earle Collection, pl. 92A for a teapot with a similar flautist; See also Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lowy, Sotheby & Co., London, May 2, 1972, lot 95 for teapot enamelled with the same flautist and lot 91 for a bowl with the same couple as the present example