£350
A rare Don Pottery neoclassical caneware octagonal teapot and cover, c1805, with fine black sprigging of classical figures in beaded medallions flanked by pendant foliage and paterae, 15cm h, impressed GREEN/DON POTTERY, collectors' label
Provenance: J D & D A Griffin Collection
Comparative literature: Don Pottery Pattern Book, fig 45. The matching sugar box and cover from the Emerson collection and sold by Phillips in 1871, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, is illustrated in Griffin (John D) – The Don Pottery 1801-1893, front piece illustration and discussed pp.173-4
Cover chipped. Tip of spout broken and restuck, with loss
Base broken and neatly restuck, no professional restoration and of fine appearance
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