British Art Pottery - 3rd December 2014
Lot 196
'Claremont' a rare Moorcroft Pottery teapot and sugar basin designed by William Moorcroft
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1800
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Description
'Claremont' a rare Moorcroft Pottery teapot and sugar basin designed by William Moorcroft, made for retail by Shreeve & Co San Francisco, painted in shades of red and blue on a streaked celadon ground painted green Shreeve & Company and facsimile signature, professional restoration, teapot 17cm. high
Literature
Paul Atterbury Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1993, Richard Dennis Publications, page 92 plate 2 for a comparable silver mounted teapot