English creamware cylindrical teapot and cover Circa 1765-75

Painted on the front with a lady standing near a tree and a distant cottage and on the reverse with an elaborate building in landscape, all between the gadrooned and beaded borders.

There is a shallow chip to the underside of the cover, measuring approximately 1/4 inches at the widest point and partially showing from the exterior and the floral finial has some very minor abrasions to the edges. The tip of the spout has also some minor abrasion-like chipping, which is not disfiguring. There is some minor scratching to the enamels on the central paintings on either side. There is an approximate 2-inch fine haircrack running midways on one side of the teapot. Additionally there is a pinhead chip to the foot rim, which is not visible from the exterior.
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