A small and rare Richard Chaffers (Liverpool) blue and white teapot and cover c.1756-60

A small and rare Richard Chaffers (Liverpool) blue and white teapot and cover c.1756-60, the globular body painted to each side with two figures in a Chinese landscape, with finely turned rim, the cover restored, 14.5cm across. (2)

Cf. Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, p.187 for a discussion of these rare and early bullet-shaped teapots which were made in different sizes.

Provenance: from a private collection in Surrey.