A rare Samuel Gilbody, Liverpool teapot and a cover, circa 1756-60

of globular form with a moulded spout, enamelled with flowers issuing from pierced blue rockwork before a small fence in the background, some damage, cover probably matched.

The Bernard M. Watney Collection, Phillips, London, 1st November 2000, lot 1049

Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Made in Liverpool, 1993, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, no. 67 
London, Phillips, Liverpool Porcelain, March 1997

Bernard Watney, Liverpool Porcelain, 1997, p. 55, fig. 204, p. 139, col. pl. 19c
Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain, 2011, p. 294, fig. 7.37

There are three flat shallow chips to the underside edge of the rim of the cover. There is an area of body cracks around the top edge of the terminal of the spout.
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It is interesting to note that the interior of this teapot is unglazed, a feature which also occurs on shards discovered on the factory site. A cover matching the form of the present example was also found on the site and is illustrated by David Barker and Sam Cole, Digging for Early Porcelain, 1998, p. 80, fig. 7.