A Vauxhall teapot and cover, circa 1758

of globular form, polychrome-printed and enamelled with two large peony flower sprigs, flanked by smaller scattered sprigs, two restored chips and minor haircracks.

The Colby Vallow Collection, Berkeley, California
The Yarbrough Collection, San Francisco, California
The Joseph M Handley Collection, Carmel, California
Acquired from Simon Spero, London, 18th March 2000

Joseph M. Handley and Simon Spero, 18th Century English Transfer Printed Porcelain and Enamels, 1995, p. 211, cat. no. 8.12 and col. pl. V

There is a restored chip to the rim with a resulting hairline crack and another to the spout also with a resulting hairline crack.
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It is likely that the majority of factory decorated Vauxhall polychrome wares were polychrome printed rather than hand painted. Dating from the second half of the 1750s, this class of ware involved the over-glaze printing of two or more colours which were then filled in by hand.