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Cf. Rackham, Schreiber Collection, pl. 31 no. 209, for a similar example of the same size with a variant portrait of Frederick of Prussia
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A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE GLOBULAR TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1760
With crabstock finial, spout and handle, moulded and enamelled with a half-length frontal portrait of the Frederick, King of Prussia within a shaped cartouche reserved on the ermine ground, the reverse with a displaying eagle above a scroll, all beneath a colourful band of moulded scrollwork, Jacobs Collection no. 441 (chip to spout, handle restored, finial restuck, rim chips to cover and flange)--4½in. (11.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1760
With crabstock finial, spout and handle, moulded and enamelled with a half-length frontal portrait of the Frederick, King of Prussia within a shaped cartouche reserved on the ermine ground, the reverse with a displaying eagle above a scroll, all beneath a colourful band of moulded scrollwork, Jacobs Collection no. 441 (chip to spout, handle restored, finial restuck, rim chips to cover and flange)--4½in. (11.5cm.) high