A RARE LONGTON HALL MELON-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER CIRCA 1755

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

height 4 1/4 in.
10.8 cm

naturalistically molded in relief with a network of veining, resting on three triangular leaves and afflixed with a vine handle and leaf-form spout, the cover with a short stem knop. Minor chip and haircracks.

Provenance

Sold, Sotheby's, London, Property of Dr. and Mrs. Statham, October 16, 1956, lot 101
The Antique Porcelain Company, New York

Literature

Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, 1957, pl. 33