A Worcester teapot and cover c.1765-70

A Worcester teapot and cover c.1765-70, decorated outside of the factory with a version of the Scarlet Japan pattern, with bands of Oriental flowers alternating with narrow panels of chrysanthemum mons on a gilt and orange ground, a short crack to the cover, 19.5cm. (2)

Cf. Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, p.143, no. 165 for a similar teapot with tentative attribution to the Giles atelier.