English and European Ceramics and Glass - 19th April 2016
Lot 422
A Philip Christian (Liverpool) teapot and cover c.1770-75
Estimate £1,200 - £1,800 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Philip Christian (Liverpool) teapot and cover c.1770-75, enamelled with shaped panels of flowers reserved on a bright blue scale ground, the spout and handle with gilt foliate motifs, 21.5cm across. (2)
Provenance: the C E Hanley Collection. Purchased from Simon Spero, 4th April 2001. Previously in the Rous Lench Collection.
Illustrated: Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, p.229.
Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C.96-1957 for a cake plate in the same pattern.