Lot Essay
C.f. Geoffrey A. Godden, Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares, (Suffolk, 1980), p. 196, colour plate 12 for a similar miniature teapot.
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CIRCA 1813, IMPRESSED CIRCULAR MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA MARK
Details
A Mason's Ironstone Imari miniature teapot
Circa 1813, impressed circular MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA mark
Of compressed globular form, with scroll handle and richly-gilt spout, painted and gilt with the 'Japan Fence' pattern (minor chipping to spout and rubbing to gilding and enamels)
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Circa 1813, impressed circular MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA mark
Of compressed globular form, with scroll handle and richly-gilt spout, painted and gilt with the 'Japan Fence' pattern (minor chipping to spout and rubbing to gilding and enamels)
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
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