A rare Plymouth teapot and cover of small size, c.1768-70, the squat globular body painted in

A rare Plymouth teapot and cover of small size, c.1768-70, the squat globular body painted in famille verte enamels with the Dragons in Compartments pattern, the rim with flowerhead panels on a cell diaper ground, 15cm across. (2)

Provenance: the Roger and Patricia Daniels Collection. Formerly the Timothy D Menzel Collection and acquired by him from Leonard Crow pre-1960.

Cf. FS MacKenna 'Collection of English Porcelain', volume 3, p.122.

The Dragons in Compartments pattern derives from a Chinese original, but is believed to have been brough to Plymouth by a Worcester artist after William Cookworthy advertised for painters to join his fledgling factory.