A MINTONS PORCELAIN WHITE-GLAZED 'CAT AND MOUSE' FLAT-IRON TEAPOT AND COVER
PART II OF A NEW YORK COLLECTION (LOTS 175-215)
A MINTONS PORCELAIN WHITE-GLAZED 'CAT AND MOUSE' FLAT-IRON TEAPOT AND COVER

DATE CYPHER FOR 1877, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, DIAMOND REGISTRY FOR 1875, SHAPE NO. 622 AND CYPHERS, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER DRESSER

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A MINTONS PORCELAIN WHITE-GLAZED 'CAT AND MOUSE' FLAT-IRON TEAPOT AND COVER
DATE CYPHER FOR 1877, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, DIAMOND REGISTRY FOR 1875, SHAPE NO. 622 AND CYPHERS, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER DRESSER
The bail handle supporting a cat eyeing a mouse with a carrot forming the finial on the cover below, the body molded in the Aesthetic taste with a frieze of alternating mice and flower-heads
7 ¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 8 June 2005, lot 373.

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See note to the preceding lot. For a similar teapot and a matching white cream-jug, see Freeman's, Philadelphia, 7 October 2014, lot 101.

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