A RARE STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE CAMEL-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER, CIRCA 1745

the recumbent beast wearing elaborate trappings supporting a howdah molded with Chinoiserie scenes.

The teapot: in generally good condition. The cover has an approximate 1/2-inch restored chip to the rim edge. Otherwise in good condition.
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Similar examples with varying sizes, handles or covers are illustrated by Frank Falkner in The Wood Family of Burslem, pl. XXV; Frank Tilley in Teapots and Tea, pl. VI, no. 23; Griselda Lewis in A Collector's History of English Pottery, p.75; and by Bernard Rockham in The Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain, Volume II, pl. 37A, no. 572. A similar teapot and cover was sold at Sotheby's New York, December 9, 1986, lot 22 and another from the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, also in these rooms, on January 20, 2006, lot 62.