CIRCA 1770, PROBABLY LEEDS AND ENAMELED AT DAVID RHODES AND CO.

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A STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE COMMEMORATIVE GLOBULAR TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1770, PROBABLY LEEDS AND ENAMELED AT DAVID RHODES AND CO.
With branch handle and basketweave-molded crabstock spout, one side enameled in black and iron-red with a portrait of George III, 'G III' and 'R' flanking his head, the reverse with a church within a foliate scrolled cartouche
8¼ in. (21 cm.) wide overall (2)

Provenance

Judge Paul Merlin, Falls Church, VA, 1986.

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Lot Essay

The present pot was made to commemorate the marriage of George III to Queen Charlotte in 1761. A similar example painted with a portrait of the Queen is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

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