Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 9th September 2014
Lot 60
A Staffordshire lead-glazed pineapple teapot and cover c.1770
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £3400
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Description
A Staffordshire lead-glazed pineapple teapot and cover c.1770, probably Thomas Whieldon, the globular body moulded with diamonds of pineapple 'meat' behind long green pointed leaves, the diamonds with a notch at two corners, the hexagonal-faceted spout with stylized designs which are echoed on the loop handle, a little nibbling to the spout, 13.5cm high. (2)
Cf. Leslie Grigsby, The Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery 1650-1800, p.192 for a Whieldon example with very similar moulding to the pineapple 'meat'.