A GREATBATCH CREAMWARE CYLINDRICAL TEAPOT AND COVER

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A GREATBATCH CREAMWARE CYLINDRICAL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1780

Enamelled with a seated fox and inscribed Beware of the Fox, the back with a house, Jacobs Collection no. 655 (restoration to cover, shoulder and spout)--5¾in. (14.6cm.) high

Provenance

E. Grovesnor Paine, New Orleans, 1981
Sotheby & Co., Sussex, June 1991

Lot Essay

Barker, Greatbatch, plate 113 for another example, but with a restored spout, in the Collection of the Royal Pavilion Art Gallery and Museum, Brighton

The fox referred to is Charles James Fox, a fierce anti-monarchist and reforming member of parliament. Much hated by George III, he had a great popular following.