Three Chinese Export Teawares for the American Market Circa 1800-10

comprising: a drum shaped teapot and cover painted on both sides with an eagle with a shield monogrammed TSS in gold, and a teabowl and saucer unusually decorated with an perched eagle behind a red and white striped shield, one talon holding an american flag.

Sotheby's New York, January 18, 1996, lot 158 (part).

The teapot with handle restored and the spout slightly polished and re-gilt, the cover in overall good condition. The teabowl and saucer in overall good condition.
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