A rare Vauxhall blue and white teapot and cover, circa 1755-58

of globular form, painted on each side with a Chinoiserie landscape and, set with a scroll and leaf-moulded handle, the base inscribed M B, some minor restoration.

The Bernard M. Watney Collection
Phillips, London, 4th March 1998, lot 281
Acquired from Simon Spero, London, October 1998

London, Simon Spero, An Exhibition of English & French Porcelain, 1730-1790, 6th-17th October 1998, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 20, pl. 29

Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century, 1963, pl. 49c

There is a restored chip to the underside of the spout. There are four restored chips to the underside of the rim of the cover
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