Lot Essay
A signed example of this print is on a mug in the collection of The Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Details
A GREATBATCH CREAMWARE TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1775
Of globular form with pierced gallery and flaring foot both with beaded band, with pierced ball finial acanthus-moulded spout and 'ear' handle, printed and enamelled with Harlequin and Columbine Discovered in an Arbor by Pierrot, the other side similarly decorated with a lady and a gentleman walking in a garden, another suitor approaching from the left, Jacobs Collection no. 242 (minor restoration to gallery and tip of spout, rim chip cover and to foot restored)--5¼in. (13.3cm.) high
CIRCA 1775
Of globular form with pierced gallery and flaring foot both with beaded band, with pierced ball finial acanthus-moulded spout and 'ear' handle, printed and enamelled with Harlequin and Columbine Discovered in an Arbor by Pierrot, the other side similarly decorated with a lady and a gentleman walking in a garden, another suitor approaching from the left, Jacobs Collection no. 242 (minor restoration to gallery and tip of spout, rim chip cover and to foot restored)--5¼in. (13.3cm.) high
Provenance
D.M. & P. Manheim, New York (as Leeds, circa 1780)
Anon. sale, Christie's London, June 1, 1970, lot 167
Mr. & Mrs. David Zeitlin
Anon. sale, Christie's London, June 1, 1970, lot 167
Mr. & Mrs. David Zeitlin
Literature
David Barker, William Greatbatch, A Staffordshire Potter, London, 1990, plate XVI, p. 232