Lot Essay
These same prints are found on wares now attributed to William Greatbacth (lots and (check. I think same as signed one). However, the present example's shape does not correspond to the pottery.
Details
AN ENGLISH PEARLWARE OVOID TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1785, POSSIBLY STAFFORDSHIRE
With ball finial, leaf-moulded spout and loop hand, printed and painted with 'The Fortune Teller', tge reverse 'The XVII Houses of Heaven', Jacobs Collection no. 434 (restoration around base)
CIRCA 1785, POSSIBLY STAFFORDSHIRE
With ball finial, leaf-moulded spout and loop hand, printed and painted with 'The Fortune Teller', tge reverse 'The XVII Houses of Heaven', Jacobs Collection no. 434 (restoration around base)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, April 24, 1982, lot 141
Exhibited
New York, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Design in the Service of Tea, August 7 - October 28, 1984