A Longton Hall teapot and cover, circa 1752

of globular form enamelled with small European flower sprays and affixed with a bird's head spout and double scroll handle picked out in black, crack, some chips and restoration.

The Bernard M. Watney Collection, Phillips, London, 1st November 2000, lot 852

Bernard M. Watney, 'Early Longton Hall Porcelain - Part 1 - Coloured Wares', E.C.C Transactions, 1995, vol. 15, pt. 3, p. 359, fig. 11
Bernard M. Watney, 'Excavations at the Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory', Post Mediaeval Archaeology, part 3, 1993, p. 85, nos. 49a and 49b

There are four chips to the rim of the cover. The base of the teapot has been restored with rivets which have since been removed and filled. The upper section of the bird head spout tip is missing. There is a body crack to the teapot located above the upper terminal of the handle.
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A related teapot painted with European flowers but in the smaller size is illustrated by Bernard M. Watney, Longton Hall, 1957, p. 34, pl. 27a.