DATE CODE FOR 1873, IMPRESSED MARKS

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A MINTON MAJOLICA VULTURE TEAPOT AND COVER
DATE CODE FOR 1873, IMPRESSED MARKS
Designed by Colonel Henry Hope Crealock, modelled as a vulture attacking a serpent, painted in coloured glazes, the raptor with pink neck and brown plummage with black wing tips, the green serpent bared fangs, on rocky-moulded base
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

A reflection of the Victorian taste for the bizarre combined with a fascination of the natural world, this teapot is a useful novelty created at a time where a new consumer class was booming.

Colonel Henry Hope Crealock was a professional soldier and skilled draughtsman who recorded animals and events during his military service across the world.

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