13th Jan, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
A Creamware Teapot and Cover, circa 1770, of ovoid form with leaf sheathed spout and handle, painted with floral sprays
17cm long
A Similar Coffee Pot and Matched Cover
24cm high
A Cream Jug
11cm high
A Cylindrical Tea Canister
9.5cm high
A Dessert Plate
21cm diameter
A Creamware Baluster Caster
13.5cm high (8)
Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £200
Teapot, chips around the rim of the cover. Base with two oposing cracks from the rim of the opening. Rim chipped. Slight chips and abrasions to the end of the spout. chip to the foot. Crazed and with enamel flaking.
Coffee pot, cover a later example painted to match. Main pot crazed, slightly stained and spout rim abraded.
Cream jug, top rim slightly abraded. Some slight glaze wear and scratches.
Tea canister, some glaze pitting and crazing.
Dessert plate, pitted and with glaze scratches.
Caster, finial re stuck, chip to one hole, chips to underside rim of domed top, glaze scratches and wear.
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Auction: Country House, 13th Jan, 2023
The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.
Part I (Day One) (Lots 1- 440): Glass, Ceramics, Oriental and Works of Art
Part II (Day Two) (Lots 500-798): Carpets, Clocks and Furniture
Part III (Day Two) (Lots 1000-1185): Pictures and Garden Furniture and Statuary
Viewing
Tuesday 10th January - Thursday 12th January 10am-4pm, Friday 13th January 10am-4pm (for Day Two of the sale only), and the morning of the sale from 8am
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