A rare Derby teapot and cover c.1756

A rare Derby teapot and cover c.1756, decorated in the Imari palette with flowering chrysanthemum and holey rockwork beneath weeping willow, the reverse with chrysanthemum and rockwork, the reeded spout formed as a mythical beast, the cover broken and repaired, 19.5cm. (2)

Provenance: the C E Hanley Collection. Purchased from Simon Spero, 8th October 2002. Previously in the J L Dixon Collection and the David Southern Collection. Before that sold at Christie's, 12th July 1982, lot 56.

Illustrated: J L Dixon, English Porcelain of the 18th Century, pl.32a. Also, Miller and Berthoud, An Anthology of British Teapots, p.23, pl.134.