A GREATBBATCH CREAMWARE CYLINDRICAL TEAPOT AND COVER

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A GREATBBATCH CREAMWARE CYLINDRICAL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1775

With flower finial, leaf-moulded spout and 'ear' handle, printed and enamelled with a named image of the goddess Cyhbele sitting in a carriage drawn by two lions, holding a key in her raised right hand, the back with The World with Sun, Moon, and Stars, Jacobs Collection no. 654 (restoration to tip of spout, top of rim and rim of cover)--5¾in. (14.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Barker, Greatbatch, p. 233 for an illustration of a similar teapot in the collection of the Leeds City Art Gallery, Temple Newsam house similar in form and decoration to the present example. William Greatbatch often paired his print of Aurora (shown in a chariot drawn by winged horses) with that of The World with Sun, Moon and Stars.