Lot 199
  • 199

A very rare Isleworth blue and white teapot and cover, circa 1775

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Porcelain
  • 13cm., 5 1/8 in. high
of globular form painted in underglaze-blue with flowering peony plants between diaper panel borders at the rims, minor chips.

Provenance

Acquired from Roderick Jellicoe, London, 20th March 2000

Exhibited

London, Stockspring Antiques, Isleworth Pottery and Porcelain: Recent Discoveries, 5th-13th June 2003 and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, front cover and p. 77, fig. 122

Condition

There is a flat shallow chip to the underside of the cover's rim. There are some minute nibbles to the tip of the spout
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