English and European Ceramics and Glass - 19th April 2016

Lot 130

A Whieldon type creamware teapot and cover c.1750-60

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550

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Description

A Whieldon type creamware teapot and cover c.1750-60, the globular body applied with fruiting grapevine and splashed in green, blue and manganese, the cover surmounted with a bird finial, all raised on three paw feet, with small traces of gilding, a little good restoration, 18cm across. (2)

Provenance: the C E Hanley Collection. Purchased from Woolley and Wallis, 26th October 1989, lot 426. Previously in the Cyril Earle Collection and the Franklin Barret Collection.