A STAFFORDSHIRE REDWARE OCTAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER

Details

A STAFFORDSHIRE REDWARE OCTAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1755

Moulded allover with double 'Boy in Tree', Jacobs Collection no. 643 (restoration to tip of spout and corner of cover)--4¾in. (12cm.) high

Provenance

A.T. Morley Hewitt
With Tilley & Co.
Anon. sale, Phillips London, November 29, 1989, lot 283

Literature

Tilley, Teapots and Tea, pl. I, no. 4

Lot Essay

It is rare to find the 'Double Boy in Tree' pattern. Many factories produced a single 'Boy in Tree' pattern with a variety of spouts, handles and finials. For a discussion on this see Barker and Halfpenny, Unearthing Staffordshire, p. 58.