A Lowestoft blue and white miniature teapot and cover, circa 1768

of globular form with a flower finial, painted with a large flower and smaller blossoms beneath a wide border, faint starcrack, minor chip to spout.

Acquired from Stockspring Antiques, London, May 1997

There is a minute chip to the tip of the spout, measuring approximately 0.2cm wide. There is a faint four point starcrack at the rim and shoulder, measuring approximately 2.8cm at the widest.
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This pattern appears on a feeding cup from the Gilbert Bradley collection of blue and white, sold at Christies London, 12th October 1981, lot 150