A rare Seth Pennington, Liverpool blue and white large teapot and cover, circa 1780-90

moulded in relief with palm-columns connected by arches and bands of scales, painted in blue with flower sprays, affixed with a dragon's head spout and wishbone handle, minor damage.

The Bernard M. Watney Collection, Phillips, London, 22nd September 1999, lot 339

London, Phillips, Liverpool Porcelain, March 1997

Bernard Watney, Liverpool Porcelain, 1997, p. 101, fig. 398

There is a minute chip to the underside of the cover. The neck of the spout has been broken at approximately half way and restored.
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Another example of this rare form painted with oriental figures, its cover surmounted with a lion finial, is illustrated in Watney, 1997, ibid, p. 101, fig. 397.