A William Reid (Liverpool) teapot and cover c.1754-56

A William Reid (Liverpool) teapot and cover c.1754-56, each side painted in polychrome enamels with a standing Chinaman holding a long spear beside a pine tree and a potted plant, the cover with a similar plant and barrel garden seat, the rims with a band of green diaper panels and flowerheads, some chipping, 16.5cm across. (2)

Provenance: the C E Hanley Collection. Purchased from Phillips, The Watney Collection Part I, 22nd September 1999, lot 235.

Illustrated: Bernard Watney, Liverpool Porcelain, col. pl.5a. Also, ECC Transactions Vol. 20, Part 2, 2008, p.329, and Simon Spero, Price Guide to 18th Century English Porcelain, p.209.

Exhibited: Phillips, Liverpool Loan Exhibition, 6th-12th March 1997.