1796
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A Staffordshire saltglaze named and dated teapot and cover
1796
Of oval shape, the finial modelled as a swan with feathers highlighted in brown, decorated with moulded stiff-leaf motifs recessed into fluted panels and painted in blue and yellow glazes, centred by an oval cartouche painted with the intials L G above the date 1796, the reverse with an oval cartouche painted with a yellow flower, accompanied with a manuscript note Presented by George Mills to Miss Copeland on her twenty-first birthday by the special request of his late wife, July 13 1896 and on the reverse of the note Initials on tea-pot stand for Lattice Goodwin mother of Mrs Mills. M.G.C. July 1896
6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm.) high (2)
1796
Of oval shape, the finial modelled as a swan with feathers highlighted in brown, decorated with moulded stiff-leaf motifs recessed into fluted panels and painted in blue and yellow glazes, centred by an oval cartouche painted with the intials L G above the date 1796, the reverse with an oval cartouche painted with a yellow flower, accompanied with a manuscript note Presented by George Mills to Miss Copeland on her twenty-first birthday by the special request of his late wife, July 13 1896 and on the reverse of the note Initials on tea-pot stand for Lattice Goodwin mother of Mrs Mills. M.G.C. July 1896
6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm.) high (2)
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