Lot 202
  • 202

A Lowestoft blue and white miniature teapot and cover, circa 1780

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • PORCELAIN
  • 10cm., 4 in. high
of globular form, transfer printed with the 'Three Flowers' pattern, minor chips.

Provenance

Acquired from Roderick Jellicoe, London, July 2000

Condition

There is a flat chip to the underside of the edge of the cover's rim measuring approximately 0.7cm wide. approx. There is a small patch of slight staining to both sides of the spout's terminal.
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Catalogue Note

The 'Three Flowers' pattern derived from Worcester, replacing the Chinese garden scene as the principal Lowestoft miniature pattern in the late 1770s.