A STAFFORDSHIRE GLAZED REDWARE SMALL TEAPOT AND COVER

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A STAFFORDSHIRE GLAZED REDWARE SMALL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1755

Of barrel-shape, with faceted spout and dolphin handle, Jacobs Collection no. 430 (restoration to finial and rim of cover, spout chipped) --3½in. (8.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Rackham, Schreiber Collection, pl. 34, no. 245; Earle, Earle Collection, fig. 26; and Jean and Kenneth Chorley Collection, Christie's London, January 25, 1993, lot 116 for other larger teapots of this type.

It is interesting to note that other examples of this barrel-shaped teapot all have a raised neck, unlike the present example.