CIRCA 1695, JOHN AND DAVID ELERS, PROBABLY BRADWELL HALL

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A STAFFORDSHIRE REDWARE SLIPCAST HEXAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1695, JOHN AND DAVID ELERS, PROBABLY BRADWELL HALL
With short faceted spout, the faceted loop handle with a hinged metal mount, the sides moulded with oval medallions of exotic plants and trees, three with birds, the slightly domed cover with recumbent lion finial, its long tail swept in a curve before it (very slight crack to cover, minute chipping to tip of spout, three surface chips to base and another beneath one medallion, the medallions and lion finial with burst surface air-bubbles)
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

See Gordon Elliott, John and David Elers (London, 1998), pl. 3c, for a closely similar teapot and cover in the collection of Hampshire County Museums. Elliott notes that this model follows that of a silver original, which was sold at Christie's New York, 18th April 1989, and which bears a London hallmark of 1682; p. 7, he notes that the brothers had relatives in London, who were both silversmiths and dealers in oriental works of art.

Another teapot of this model is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and a further example is at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. See also the stoneware example illustrated by Elliott, pl. 1; please also see the following lot in this sale. All the above have covers which share the same highly distinctive lion finial to the cover, which has a long, curved tail.

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