English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 545
A Worcester teapot and cover c.1765-70
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £320
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Description
A Worcester teapot and cover c.1765-70, decorated outside of the factory with a version of the Scarlet Japan pattern, with bands of Oriental flowers alternating with narrow panels of chrysanthemum mons on a gilt and orange ground, a short crack to the cover, 19.5cm. (2)
Cf. Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, p.143, no. 165 for a similar teapot with tentative attribution to the Giles atelier.