Lot Essay
Cf. Earle, Earle Collection, colour pl. IV, no. 96 for a very similar teapot; and Luxmoore, Saltglaze, colour pl. 39 for coloured examples of this type of teapot
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE PURPLE-GROUND GLOBULAR TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1765
With green crabstock finial, spout and handle and enamelled in pink, green, blue and yellow with loose bouquet within shaped cartouches reserved on the aubergine ground, Jacobs Collection no. 628 (body cracked and repaired, cover a restored replacement)--4¼in. (11cm.) high
CIRCA 1765
With green crabstock finial, spout and handle and enamelled in pink, green, blue and yellow with loose bouquet within shaped cartouches reserved on the aubergine ground, Jacobs Collection no. 628 (body cracked and repaired, cover a restored replacement)--4¼in. (11cm.) high
Provenance
Mrs. Russell S. Carter
Elizabeth Halsey, Christie's New York, June 17, 1980, lot 19
Elizabeth Halsey, Christie's New York, June 17, 1980, lot 19