STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE MINIATURE PART TEA SERVICE CIRCA 1755

Comprising a teapot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover and three teabowls and saucers. 10 pieces.

D., M. & P. Manheim Antiques, New York;
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., at Pokety Farms, Maryland, The Garbisch Collection, Cambridge, May 22, 1980, lot 23.

The cover of the sugar bowl has been in half and restored. Minor tiny chip to the tip of the teapot's spout and to the edge of the cover. Two teabowls each have a fine haircrack running down the side. One saucer has been in half and restored; another has a 1-in. triangular repaired break to the rim. Otherwise, crisply molded and in generally good condition.
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Two similar examples of the teapot, one white and the other enamelled, are illustrated in Peter Williams and Pat Halfpenny, A Passion for Pottery, Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection, p. 83, pl. 37, where the authors attribute the model to possibly Thomas and John Wedgwood, the Big House, Burslem.