A rare and early Longton Hall teapot and cover, c.1752, modelled after Meissen with a small

A rare and early Longton Hall teapot and cover, c.1752, modelled after Meissen with a small bullet-shaped body painted in Kakiemon enamels with a Ho-ho bird in flight above flowering branches, with moulded wishbone handle, the flat cover with a strawberry knop, the spout moulded as a mythical serpent, 17cm across. (2)

Provenance: the Henry Lawrence Collection. Purchased at Christie's, 2nd November 1998, lot 78.

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.