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A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZED STONEWARE 'HOUSE' TEAPOT AND COVER AND TEA-CADDY AND COVER

CIRCA 1745-1750

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A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZED STONEWARE 'HOUSE' TEAPOT AND COVER AND TEA-CADDY AND COVER
CIRCA 1745-1750
Each slip-cast as a multi-storied house, the teapot with the British Royal Arms to one side above the central door, a rampant lion and fleur-de-lys to the other, the bird's head spout gripped by a hand and flanked by masks, the tea-caddy with lion finial
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, the teapot (4)

来源

With Wm. H. Plummer & Co. Ltd., New York, 28 September 1935 (the teapot).
With Guitel Montague, New York, (paper label, the tea-canister).
W.B. Goodwin, collection nos. 87 and 76.

展览

Portland Museum of Art, loan nos. 2.1983.19 and .16.

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The tea-canister is curiously three stories on three sides and only two stories high on the fourth. It is interesting to note that in the 18th century, this was also true of Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. For additional information on 'house' teapots, see the note for lot 306.